Chiu Feng-chia

Tang Jingsong, the Qing governor of Taiwan, was appointed as President, with Qiu as Vice-President and Liu Yongfu, commander of the armed forces.

Tang was suspicious of Liu Yongfu who had won fame as a Chinese patriot fighting against the French in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) in the 1870s and early 1880s.

Qiu led the militia forces to continue the fighting but was advised by his father to leave Taiwan so that he could make a comeback another time.

The militia forces, including women in its ranks, continued the resistance for few months, and inflicted fewer deaths on the invading Japanese army.

Qiu was later involved in Xinhai revolution and was Guangdong Representative for the Republic of China Provisional Presidential Election in 1911.