However, some officials of the Qing dynasty as well as Chinese immigrants living in Taiwan repelled the decision by the Qing dynasty and proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Formosa on May 25 of the same year to resist the seizure by Japan with the volunteer army led by Feng-chia CHIU.
しかし台湾に住む清朝の役人と中国系移民の一部が清朝の判断に反発して同年5月25日「台湾民主国」を建国、丘逢甲を義勇軍の指揮官とし日本の接収に抵抗した。