Dutch Colonization In The Seventeenth Century By Tonio Andrade

According to the book How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century by Tonio Andrade, a new colonial system called co-colonization was formed for the Dutch to rule Taiwan in the early 17th century. The establishment of co-colonization was based on the cooperation between the Dutch colonists and Chinese settlers, but it is important to realize that this cooperation was based on mutual interest but under an unfair relationship, and it had changed continuously for the need of the Dutch.
Mutual interest of the Dutch colonists and Chinese migrants served as the fundamental for the establishment of co-colonization. When the Dutch arrived, they realized that it would be a lucrative business for them if