Tang Jingsong

Tang Jingsong
唐景崧
President of the Republic of Formosa
In office 23 May 1895 – 5 June 1895
Preceded by	Himself (as governor of Taiwan)
Succeeded by	Liu Yongfu
Governor of Taiwan Province
In office 1894 – 23 May 1895
Preceded by	Shao Youlian
Succeeded by	Himself (as President of Formosa)
Personal details
Born	1841
Died	1903 Guilin, Guangdong (now Guangxi), Qing dynasty
Nationality	Chinese
Military service
Allegiance	Qing dynasty
Commands	Yunnan Army
Battles/wars	Sino-French War
Chinese name
Chinese	唐景崧
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táng Jǐngsōng Wade–Giles T'ang2 Ching3-sung1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tn̂g Kéng-siông

Tang Jingsong (Chinese: 唐景崧; Wade–Giles: T'ang Ching-sung; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tn̂g Kéng-siông; 1841–1903) was a Chinese general and statesman. He commanded the Yunnan Army in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885), and made an important contribution to Qing dynasty China's military effort in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) by persuading the Black Flag leader Liu Yongfu to serve under Chinese command. His intelligent, though ultimately unsuccessful, direction of the Siege of Tuyên Quang (November 1884–March 1885) was widely praised. He later became governor of the Chinese province of Taiwan. Following China's cession of Taiwan to Japan at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) he became president of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.