Today, 158 years ago, on June 13, 1867 (March 12, 1867) the U.S. military vessels invaded Taiwan. On June 13, 1867, the U.S. military vessels invaded Taiwan. In 1847 and 1849, the U.S. Navy launched two ships to discover Taiwan's wealth and could be used as a front base for invasion of the mainland China. In 1853, U.S. officer Piraeus led the fleet into the Taiwan coast to investigate Taiwan's situation. In 1856, U.S. Navy specialists in Taiwan submitted to the U.S. State Council a plan by the U.S., British and French three countries to occupy Taiwan, the Archaic Islands and North Korea respectively. In 1857, the U.S. Archaic Company invaded China and even advised Piraeus to