Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun blamed Japanese 'imperialist forces' for the separation of Taiwan and mainland China during her tribute to Sun Yat-sen. She stated that Taiwan became a Japanese colony following China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895.

Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun blamed Japanese “imperialist forces” for dividing mainland China and Taiwan, as she paid tribute to Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen at his mausoleum in Nanjing on Wednesday. In a speech delivered after the Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman laid a floral wreath before a statue of the founder of modern China, Cheng said Taiwan became a Japanese colony at a time of national weakness, following the 1895 defeat of China in the first Sino-Japanese war. She said...