Population (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2003-07-21 19:30
Except for the Gaoshan ethnic group, the aborigines of Taiwan, the
inhabitants of Taiwan are the descendants of immigrants from the Chinese
mainland.
Settlement proceeded from the area around Taiwan, in the south, northward and
from the coast inland. From the latter Ming dynasty (early 17th century), until
it was occupied by the Japanese in 1895, Taiwan was both the largest city and
the capital of Taiwan. The population is so predominantly Chinese, most of whom
are the descendants of immigrants from the southeastern Chinese provinces of
Fujian and Guangdong; in addition, after the Kuomingtang fled to the island in
1949, there was a sizable immigration from other parts of China.
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