{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Taiwan Studies Program","provider_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan","author_name":"Tin Yu Pak","author_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/author\/tinpak\/","title":"The Real Reason for How Taiwan Became Chinese - Taiwan Studies Program","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7IliSYhPcj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/07\/19\/the-real-reason-for-how-taiwan-became-chinese\/\">The Real Reason for How Taiwan Became Chinese<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/07\/19\/the-real-reason-for-how-taiwan-became-chinese\/embed\/#?secret=7IliSYhPcj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Real Reason for How Taiwan Became Chinese&#8221; &#8212; Taiwan Studies Program\" data-secret=\"7IliSYhPcj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Taipei_Taiwan_Mengjia-Longshan-Temple-06-750x500.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1707,"description":"Tonio Andrade published a book titled How Taiwan Became Chinese, which primarily explores how the Qing empire eventually took over Taiwan and incorporated it into its imperial realm. However, territorial expansion by the Qing did not always mean that newly annexed lands became \u201cChinese\u201d in any meaningful sense. For example, when the Qing conquered Junghar"}