The Conflict Between The Conflict Between Liu Ao&Liu Ming-Chu'an and the Sino-Fench War in Taiwan

It can be said that Taiwan, up to the1880’s, was a frontier, comparatively undeveloped, and detached from the core of China. The Ch’ing administration, which to that time had lasted more than two centuries on the island, was for the most part ineffective and corrupt. Liu Ao’(劉敖) the taotai of the island, who served from 1881 to 1885, was an exceptional official. The Sino-French War(1884-1885) brought the general Liu Ming-Ch’uan2(劉銘傳) to Taiwan, who because the governor when Taiwan was established as a province in 1886, His arrival immediately created friction with the taotai, Liu Ao. Liu Ao was cashiered early in 1886, but Liu Ming-Ch’uan could win little support in southern Taiwan during his administration on the island.