Formosa's Future.

This article focuses on the elections in Formosa. From 1895 to 1945 Formosa was a Japanese colony. In the years after 1945, Formosa was very badly governed and resentment against the new rulers from the mainland culminated in the revolt of 1947 which was very brutally suppressed. The view that Formosa ought to be part of China, in fact that it is part of China, is equally strongly held. Formosa has historically been part of China and under effective Chinese administration from the 17th Century till 1895 and its population is Chinese. Neutralization of Formosa might be possible and would remove any real basis for Communist fears of an actual attack on the mainland. Today, it is quite likely that a UN supervised election in Formosa would do nothing at all to produce a settlement.