Sekaku Islands Case Study
The Perspectives between The People’s Republic of China and Japan Regarding the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
The Senkaku islands dispute occurs because the PRC and Japan both claim that the islands are belong to them. Viewed from the location of the Senkaku islands, this location is considered strategic for the PRC, Taiwan, and Japan. There are three factors; (1) They assume that the location of the Senkaku islands could be used as the basis for the military to maintain defense and national security in the future, (2) the waters around the Senkaku Islands are rich in fish resources. Thus, if a country has sovereignty over the islands, they can build a fishing industry by the waters of the Senkaku islands as the source, and (3) the resources …show more content…
Given the geostrategic feature of the islands, the PRC has recognized the islands to be of their core interests which is assumed by the government of Japan to be on par with Taiwan and Tibet cases, quoting China’s ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, “The Diaoyu [Senkaku] Islands are about sovereignty and territorial integrity. Of course, it’s China’s core interest” (Kyodo, …show more content…
This agreement is one of the treaty are presumed to regulate the administrative area of the Senkaku Islands and marked the end of World War II. In this agreement governed the distribution of territories in East Asia, one of the Ryukyu Islands in which there is the Senkaku Islands.
The People’s Republic of China View Towards San Francisco Peace Treaty
Chinese prosecuting the Senkaku Islands by stating that Chinese fishermen who first discovered before the Japanese Senkaku Islands in the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century and named in 1403. the PRC declared that the Senkaku Islands are China's territory which was annexed Japan with the formulation of the Treaty of Shimonoseki April 1895. In the Treaty of Shimonoseki article 2, states that:
“China cedes to Japan in perpetuity and full sovereignty the following territories, together with all fortifications, arsenals, and public property thereon ..... The island of Formosa, together with all islands appertaining or belonging to said island of
The Senkaku islands dispute occurs because the PRC and Japan both claim that the islands are belong to them. Viewed from the location of the Senkaku islands, this location is considered strategic for the PRC, Taiwan, and Japan. There are three factors; (1) They assume that the location of the Senkaku islands could be used as the basis for the military to maintain defense and national security in the future, (2) the waters around the Senkaku Islands are rich in fish resources. Thus, if a country has sovereignty over the islands, they can build a fishing industry by the waters of the Senkaku islands as the source, and (3) the resources …show more content…
Given the geostrategic feature of the islands, the PRC has recognized the islands to be of their core interests which is assumed by the government of Japan to be on par with Taiwan and Tibet cases, quoting China’s ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, “The Diaoyu [Senkaku] Islands are about sovereignty and territorial integrity. Of course, it’s China’s core interest” (Kyodo, …show more content…
This agreement is one of the treaty are presumed to regulate the administrative area of the Senkaku Islands and marked the end of World War II. In this agreement governed the distribution of territories in East Asia, one of the Ryukyu Islands in which there is the Senkaku Islands.
The People’s Republic of China View Towards San Francisco Peace Treaty
Chinese prosecuting the Senkaku Islands by stating that Chinese fishermen who first discovered before the Japanese Senkaku Islands in the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century and named in 1403. the PRC declared that the Senkaku Islands are China's territory which was annexed Japan with the formulation of the Treaty of Shimonoseki April 1895. In the Treaty of Shimonoseki article 2, states that:
“China cedes to Japan in perpetuity and full sovereignty the following territories, together with all fortifications, arsenals, and public property thereon ..... The island of Formosa, together with all islands appertaining or belonging to said island of