On the Chinese mainland Zhang Zhidong, the powerful Viceroy of Liangjiang, tacitly supported the Formosan resistance movement, and the Republicans also appointed Chen Jitong, a disgraced Chinese diplomat who understood European ways of thinking, as the Republic's foreign minister.
On the Chinese mainland, Viceroy Zhang Zhidong, a powerful figure, secretly supported the Formosan resistance movement. Additionally, the Republicans appointed Chen Jitong, a disgraced Chinese diplomat who grasped European thinking patterns, as the Republic's foreign minister.