Editing Chinese unification (section)

=== Pan-Green interpretation ===
The views of the Pan-Green camp, though they are diverse, tend to be characterized by Taiwanese nationalism. Hence, most within the Pan-Green camp are opposed to the idea of Taiwan being part of China. Still, most within the Pan-Green camp accept certain historical facts which suggest that Taiwan was part of China. The common Pan-Green view accepts that Taiwan was controlled by a regime in mainland China between 1683 and 1895, though many characterize this as a period of constant rebellion, or suppression of identity (or discovery of a new identity), or colonization by the foreign Manchu people. While most among the Pan-Green camp accept that the transition from Chinese to Japanese rule in 1895 was violent and tragic, many believe that rule under the Japanese was either more benevolent than rule under the Chinese (both KMT and Qing) or more productive. Hence, most Pan-Green do not support the notion that Taiwan was part of China between 1895 and 1945, and neither the notion that there was a strong Chinese unification sentiment in Taiwan at that time. "Dark Green" members of the Pan-Green camp generally do not believe that the Treaty of Shimonoseki was ever nullified. Certain sources claim that attempts were made to nullify the treaty, but that these attempts were either illegal or futile,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.civil-taiwan.org/shim-1895.htm|title=Treaty of Shimonoseki|date=22 March 2012|website=Taiwan Civil Society|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315141257/http://www.civil-taiwan.org/shim-1895.htm|archive-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> whereas other sources claim that the notion that the treaty was ever nullified is a complete fabrication by the KMT in modern times.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goah |first=Kengchi |date=11 September 2005 |title=A lie told a thousand times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/09/11/2003271255/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809124447/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/09/11/2003271255/1 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |access-date=9 August 2019 |work=[[Taipei Times]]}}</ref>