Liuchiu

Thirdly, that their right to the sovereignty of Liuchiu was formally acknowledged by China in 1874, by the payment of an indemnity to Japan for the slaughter of the shipwrecked Liuchiuans by the Formosan savages. To this we may add the pregnant fact that no protest was offered by the Chinese to the conquest of Liuchiu in the first instance, nor was any made until quite recently, when the Islands were brought under the more direct control of the Japanese Government by being incorporated with an existing ken; a consideration which appears to be overlooked in the documents before us, probably because the Japanese are aware that they permitted their Liuchiuan subjects to continue certain tributary relations with China which were flagrantly inconsistent with the fealty they owed to the Emperor of Japan.

A serious dengue fever outbreak in Taiwan Area was reported in 1942 during the Second World War. Everyone now aged 60 years and above was probably infected. For years after the retrocession, no cases were reported. In 1981, however, an outbreak of type II dengue fever swept through Pingtung's Liuchiu township, infecting more than 80% of the population.

Since 1974, the Taiwan power Co. has launched a series of power plant construction projects on offshore islands including Liuchiu in Pingtung County, Chimei and Wounan in Penghu, Green Island in Taitung, and most recently Orchid island, also in Taitung.