Taiwan (Formosa) and Hōkotō (the Pescadores) were ceded to Japan upon the close of the Chinese War of 1895. Taiwan has a Governor-General with extreme powers, and is now an integral part of Japan.

Coordinate term: simultaneous interpreting

[…]I beseech and adjure you to hand me over the bosom and left leg of your capon, together with one French roll, and let me, justice-like, line my paunch therewith;

It is now generally recognised that the rise of cottage industry, or proto-industry as it is now more fashionably called, played an important role in the transformation of the West European economy during the modern era.