Li Jingfang

He is mostly known for having signed the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki in Li Hongzhang's stead in 1895.

[3] On June 1, Li Jingfang arrived in Taiwan on the German steamship Gerechtigkeit.

On June 2, accompanied by translators Lu Yongming and Tao Dajun, he signed the "Taiwan Handover Document" with Admiral Kabayama Sukenori, the first Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan, off the coast of Cape Santiago in Keelung.

Li Jingfang chose to conduct the sovereignty handover on board a Japanese warship off the coast of Keelung to avoid angry locals.

[9] After much effort to negotiate with foreigners, Li Jingfang was appointed the first Director-General of the Chinese General Postal Administration.