The Republic of Formosa (1895 Flag) - Taiwan the Formosa

Qing China lost the first Sino-Japanese war (1894 – 1895). Taiwan was ceded by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
The Republic of Formosa existed from 23 May - 21 October 1895, when the capital Tainan was occupied by the Japanese.

Taiwan the Formosa (sometimes Taiwan the Green; Chinese: 台灣翠青) is a poem written (conceived in 1977; finalized in 1993) by Taiwanese poet and clergyman Tīⁿ Jî-gio̍k (鄭兒玉; John Jyi-giokk Ti'n), set to music between 1988 and 1993 by neo-Romantic Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao.
Taiwan the Formosa has been popular with pro-democracy activists and has been adopted by the Taiwan independence movement as a proposed national anthem for a future Republic of Taiwan.