Diaoyu Islands in China Taiwan Province, about 92 nautical miles northeast Keelung East China Sea, is a subsidiary of Taiwan island, mainly by the Diaoyu Islands, yellow tail Island, Akao Island, South Island and North Island and some reefs formed. Diaoyu Islands total area of about 6.3 square kilometers, of which the largest over the Diaoyu Islands, an area of 4.3 square kilometers.
Since ancient times, fishing islands and China has indisputable sovereignty over adjacent waters. As early as the Ming Dynasty in China have documented the history of the Diaoyu Islands. Japan's Okinawa Prefecture said the Diaoyu Islands belong to its jurisdiction, but Japan's Okinawa Prefecture in the back some 125 years ago, Okinawa was an independent country. Japanese annexation of Okinawa in 1871 before the country, China has had about 500 state and Ryukyu-year history of friendly exchanges, the first discovered and named the Diaoyu Islands. Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1403) and "wind both hands," a book there on the "Fishing Island" records. China started from the first Ming emperor sent to Okinawa so canonized, that is the specialized on behalf of the Chinese government Ryukyu king's envoys. Zhejiang 1562 Admiral Hu Zongxian compilation of the Ming Dynasty "chip chart code," a book of "the coastal mountains of sand map" marked Luoyuan County of Fujian Province in China, Ningde County coastal islands, which have "Fishing Island", " Yellow Mountain, "and" Red Island "and other islands.
Japan's earliest written material recorded over the Diaoyu Islands is a 1785 book Tzu-Ping Lin, "Three reading through the plan, said" the photo "the three provinces and 36 Ryukyu island map." However, he is also the canonization of the Chinese Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi to Xu Baoguang's "Faith and Zhongshan Lu" as the basis, the plan is using China's "Diaoyutai" as the island name, and the Diaoyu Islands and China, Fujian, Zhejiang, marked with the same pink color out. 1719 US-Japanese scholars Jun Arai book "Island Chi" book that 36 under the jurisdiction of Okinawa Island, which is not the Diaoyu Islands. 1875 published "The Japanese prefecture to correct the whole map," also without the Diaoyu Islands. Even in 1879, the Chinese minister Li Qing Dynasty and Japan the Northern Ryukyu ownership negotiations, China and Japan are still recognized, Okinawa is composed of 36 islands, which do not include the Diaoyu Islands.
Japan's first "discovered" the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese annexation of Okinawa, the Okinawa state to "Okinawa" after 1884, the island than the Chinese literature are the first recorded about 500 years later. According to Japanese historical records, 1884, Fukuoka, Japan, Koga Tatsushiro who discovered "the island long field" (yellow tail Island) has a large number of albatross habitat, can be exported to Europe, easy to Okinawa in 1885 asked the magistrate to allow its development, and the island establish markers to write "Yellow Tail Island Koga reclamation", the Japanese government based on this, called the Diaoyu Islands are "terra nullius", the first accounted for by the Japanese, not Chinese seized from the Sino-Japanese War. This is entirely incompatible with the historical truth is a distortion of history.
Roosevelt told Stalin in 1944, said: "Stalin familiar with the history of Okinawa, he fully agreed with Okinawa belongs to China and should be returned to China." In July 1945, Japan surrendered on the eve of Chinese, English and American publication Postan notice requirement Japan limited state sovereignty, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku within the local community.
Recently, China's Diaoyu Islands waters has become suddenly troubled. According to reports, on March 24, 7 Chinese citizens boarded a part of Chinese territory Diaoyu Islands, Japan has been the illegal detention, illegal detention in the period was also subjected to inhuman treatment. Over the years, the Japanese again and again violating the sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands I, this event is not only a serious violation of Chinese territorial sovereignty, is also a serious violation of human rights of Chinese citizens. Chinese government after repeated negotiations, Japan finally released the evening of March 26 had also been illegally detained its seven Chinese citizens. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan pointed out that the Diaoyu Islands are China's inherent territory since ancient times, whether in history or law are all in China has indisputable sovereignty over these islands.
The background of the United States
Diaoyu Islands are China's undisputed territory, but after World War II, Japan over the Diaoyu Islands to the United States for custody confused, but in 1971 the United States in turn entrusted the Diaoyu Islands, Japan, Since then, controversy over the Diaoyu Islands in the U.S. factor has been flickering. 70s of last century, due to surging Diaoyutai Movement, the United States was forced to withdraw its position does not recognize the sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, Japan. But there were indications that Japan was the United States has privately acknowledged the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands, which led directly to the Japanese to develop well-planned large-scale development of the Diaoyu Islands. Washington not only the development of the plan, said approval in Japan, but also personally developed several programs for the Tokyo to strengthen Japan's declaration of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, which also includes the Diaoyu Islands, the U.S. military presence. In recent years, the dispute between China and the neighboring sea behind, appeared before the United States was increasing. The Diaoyu Islands issue, the U.S. military in Okinawa have been satisfied, is also preparing to extend its military power to the Diaoyu Islands, not only interfere with China for preserving the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands, but also build its West Pacific military "island chain" closer part of Taiwan Channel pressure.
U.S. involvement in the Diaoyu Islands issue, there is a "Japan wishes" and the "American promise" two factors. Japan and China to the sovereignty dispute over the Diaoyu Islands to get more chips, has been hope that the U.S. intervention; the United States, despite looking forward to cooperate with Japan to find the opportunity to achieve its Asian strategy, but still want some specific issues sensitive appropriate leeway.
Japan's big ambitions
Located in the East China Sea continental shelf on the eastern edge of the Diaoyu Islands, are marked on the map is difficult, why do the Japanese insist on this piece far away from the island, the island belongs to China's coveted it? Public opinion, for two reasons, first, an important strategic position over the Diaoyu Islands. After the Cold War, Japan has accelerated the pace of its move to the political power, tried to play a greater role in international politics and have more say. Japan become a military power for political needs, attaches great importance to the Diaoyu Islands is extremely important strategic position. If the Japanese occupation of the Diaoyu Islands, Japan, the island can be set up in the air and sea surveillance and reconnaissance equipment and shore-based ship-to-air missile, which was easily blocked an important port in northern Taiwan and the air route. If you set the radar at the Diaoyu Islands, you can monitor the radius of 400-600 km of sea area and airspace, its scope can be achieved in northern Taiwan, the mainland coast of Fuzhou, Wenzhou and Ningbo and other large areas. Thus, the Chinese military's every move are likely to be Japanese to grasp. If the establishment of military bases in Japan on the Diaoyu Islands, or the deployment of heavy weapons, would pose a serious threat to China's national defense.
Second, the resources in order to obtain the Diaoyu Islands. Published in 1992 by the United Nations "International Convention on the Law of the Sea" on the "sovereign state Yi waters within 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone for" the provisions, the actual value of the Diaoyu islands backed Shi Yi Gai, a radius of 200 nautical miles Pang Da Sea and the surrounding waters of the offshore oil, mineral, marine fisheries and marine resources, territorial waters, airspace and traffic and transportation rights and future potential of resources, those resources should be sovereign. If the Japanese occupation of the Diaoyu Islands on the East China Sea means that China will have 740,000 square kilometers of maritime territory usurped by the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Diaoyu Islands waters rich reserves of oil and gas will be in Japan for ourselves.
"Shelving disputes and seeking common development"
China and Japan on the Diaoyu Islands issue, there are different ideas. The Chinese government starting from the development of Sino-Japanese relations, the Sino-Japanese diplomatic normalization talks with Japan had reached this understanding of the problem until later. Comrade Deng Xiaoping on Oct. 25, 1978 has pointed out that the Diaoyu Islands issue to this situation, agreement could be reached to avoid the wiser, what put such a question does not matter. The wisdom of our generation is not enough, our next generation better than we were smart, always find a good acceptable solution to this problem. May 31, 1979, Comrade Deng Xiaoping met with visiting Liberal Democratic Party House of Representatives again emphasized Zenko Suzuki said, could be considered in cases not involving territorial sovereignty, joint development of resources near the Diaoyu Islands. In the same year in June, the Chinese government through diplomatic channels to the Diaoyu Islands near Japan to jointly develop the resources envisaged for the first time publicly that China is willing to "shelving disputes and seeking common development" model settlement with neighboring territorial and maritime rights and interests of the dispute between the position of .
"Shelving disputes and seeking common development," the basic meaning of my first major ownership; the second is the territorial dispute, the conditions do not have the complete solution, you can not talk about sovereignty, and set aside their disputes; shelving disputes and not To give up sovereignty, but the dispute to the first release of a release; the third is some disputed territory to carry out joint development; Fourth, the common purpose of developing mutual understanding through cooperation, a reasonable solution to end the conditions that sovereignty Chuangzao .
China and Japan on the Diaoyu Islands territorial dispute issue could have been through intergovernmental frank, calm and pragmatic consultations to be addressed, while Japan has repeatedly causing trouble, trying to incorporate the Chinese territory of Japan, which is the Chinese people will never accept of.
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