Stig Östlund

söndag, september 19, 2010

Diaoyu Islands

Around 50 protesters gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing Saturday, waving the Chinese national flag and telling Japan to "get out of the Diaoyu Islands," all while marking the 79th anniversary of Japan's invasion of China. /People's Daily On Line












Wikipedia:

The Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島, Senkaku Shotō?), also known as Diaoyu Islands (simplified Chinese: 钓鱼台群岛; traditional Chinese: 釣魚台群島; pinyin: Diàoyútái Qúndǎo), or Pinnacle Islands, are a group of disputed uninhabited islands controlled by Japan since 1895, but also claimed by both the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China as part of Taiwan Province, Toucheng Township in Yilan County since 1971. After World War II, the US had control of the islands from 1945 to 1972 as part of its occupation of Okinawa.

The islands are located roughly northeast of Taiwan, due west of Okinawa, and due north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands in the East China Sea.
The islands are a major issue in foreign relations between Japan and the PRC and between Japan and the ROC. The Japanese government regards these islands as a part of Okinawa prefecture. Despite the complexity of the PRC-ROC relation, both governments agree that the islands are part of Taiwan, which is administered by the ROC.

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