Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament

The Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament (or alternatively translated ... Taiwan Representative Assembly, Taiwan Parliament Petition League Movement) took place in the first half of the twentieth century. It demanded that the Imperial Diet of Japan establish a self-governing parliament, or representative assembly, in Taiwan. Started by New People Society of Taiwan, this movement marked a transition in Taiwanese colonial politics, from armed resistance to modern political movement. It was the longest political movement during the Japanese occupation period of Taiwan.[1]:導言頁9.

Petitioners from Taiwan in front of a railway station in Tōkyō, 1924

The movement was led by Rin Kendō of the Taiwanese Cultural Association, who founded the League for the Establishment of a Formosan Parliament in 1923. The group delivered their last petition in 1934, without accomplishing their goal.[2][3] Limited local elections were held in 1935.

References
  1. 周婉窈 (1989). 日據時代的臺灣議會設置請願運動 (in Chinese). 台北: 自立報系文化出版部. ISBN 9789575960131.
  2. Hao, Zhidong (2010). Whither Taiwan and Mainland China: National Identity, the State and Intellectuals. Hong Kong University Press. p. 32. ISBN 9789622091009.
  3. Nakano, Ryoko (2013). Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 102. ISBN 9781137290502.

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