The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands - An Interactive Map
September 28, 2012
A few years ago, no one gave much thought to the barren, generally deserted Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. But today, the tiny islands and rock formations are at the center of an ongoing dispute between Japan and China, which both lay claim to the outcrops.
Tensions escalated in September when the islands, formerly owned by a rich Japanese businessman, were sold to the Japanese government. Demonstrations have erupted across China, and violence has even prompted Canon, Panasonic and other Japanese industry giants to shutter their Chinese factories.
The archipelago comprises 5 uninhabited, undeveloped islands and 3 barren rock groups surrounded by rich fishing grounds.
1895 Japan annexes the islands, calling them Senkaku
1945 1972 U.S. controls the islands
1969 U.N. study suggests the presence of large oil reserves
1971 China & Taiwan claim the islands, calling them Diaoyu
The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands - An Interactive Map
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I don't need to think because you already told me Vietnam is just as greedy if not more. By admitting Vietnam's claims are not on the beaches of other claimant countries you implied your country's claims, perhaps, a few feet off their beach? Bravo!
We have controlled the two archipelagos in East Sea (SCS) from 15th century, and with a long coastline along SCS, which is the basis for our claims.
The official claim of Vietnam is only Vietnam's EEZ from baseline on Vietnamese coast and the two archipelagos: Paracels and Spratlys.