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Although the Qing Empire decided to elevate Taiwan to a province during its final decade of rule and appointed Liu Mingchuan as its first governor, who also sought to modernize Taiwan, the Qing ultimately abandoned this remote island, once considered a foreign land. Under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Qing ceded Taiwan and Penghu to Japan, making Taiwan a part of Japanese territory . The Japanese repeatedly used the excuse that Taiwan's history, culture, language, customs, and social structure were distinct from those of Japan, emulating the methods used by the then-powerful powers to rule their colonies.