And changes in the government of their Chinese province made things difficult.
In 1885, the island was made into a separate Chinese province.
The museum has collected some 2500 items from 18 Chinese provinces, but only 500 are on display.
The company now has 121 centers in 25 provinces and trains 25,000 Chinese annually.
The campaign was referenced on government web sites in every Chinese province.
There was almost no teaching of local history, and instead children learned about distant mainland Chinese provinces that they could never visit.
Some reports from Chinese provinces, especially in the south and west, in recent months have given far higher figures.
The southern Chinese provinces became the center of commerce.
He is already working with several Chinese provinces to do this.
In 1922, representatives from all the Chinese provinces held their first conference.