Editing Koxinga (section)

===In the Philippines===
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In 1662, Koxinga's forces raided several towns in the [[Philippines]]. Koxinga's chief advisor was an Italian friar named [[Vittorio Riccio]], whom he sent to [[Manila]] to demand tribute from the colonial government of the [[Spanish East Indies]], threatening to expel the Spaniards if his demands were not met.{{sfnp|Davidson|1903|p=[https://archive.org/stream/islandofformosap00davi#page/51/mode/1up 51]}} The Spanish refused to pay the tribute and reinforced the garrisons around Manila, but the planned attack never took place due to Koxinga's sudden death in that year after expelling the Dutch from Taiwan.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Spanish experience in Taiwan, 1626–1642: the Baroque ending of a Renaissance endeavor | publisher=Hong Kong University Press | author=Borao, José Eugenio | year=2010 | page=199 | isbn=978-962-209-083-5 |jstor=j.ctt1xcrpk}}</ref>

Koxinga's threat to invade the islands and expel the Spanish was an [[Spanish–Moro conflict#Chinese threat to the Spanish and 1663 Chinese rebellion|important factor in the Spanish failure to conquer]] the [[Islam in the Philippines|Muslim]] [[Moro people]] in [[Mindanao]]. The threat of Chinese invasion forced the Spanish to withdraw their forces to Manila. They immediately evacuated their fort on [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]] in [[Mindanao]] following Koxinga's threats. They left some troops in [[Jolo]] and by [[Lake Lanao]] to engage the Moro in protracted conflict. They permanently abandoned their colony in the [[Maluku Islands]] (Moluccas) and withdraw their soldiers from there to Manila.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/conclusion.html|title=How Taiwan Became Chinese: Conclusion|website=www.gutenberg-e.org|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402055636/http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/conclusion.html|archive-date=2 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>