Historical clue formulations

• Island north of the Philippines — 2024-04-30
• Birthplace of Ang Lee — 2023-08-12
• Most populous nation not in the U.N. — 2019-08-11
• Where Ang Lee was born — 2018-01-02
• Disputed island in the China Sea — 2017-07-10
• Land north of the Philippines — 2015-02-11
• One of the so-called "Four Asian Tigers" — 2013-05-30
• Taipei's land — 2013-02-25
• Oolong tea exporter — 2004-10-17
• Japanese prize in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese war — 2002-06-02
• Made in ___ — 2001-09-19
• U.N. ostracizee — 1999-12-25
• Republic of China — 1995-01-05
• Pescadores neighbor — 1994-01-10
• Taipei's land — 1993-11-22