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Sovereignty Over the Diaoyu Islands: History and Legality

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The Diaoyu Islands

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The Diaoyu Islands, known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, are located on the edge of the continental shelf of the East China Sea to the northeast of Taiwan, China, and between long. 123° 20′–124° 40′E and lat. 25° 40′–26° 00′N. They consist of Diaoyu Island, Huangwei Islet, Chiwei Islet, Nanxiao Island, Beixiao Island, Nan Islet, Bei Islet, Fei Islet, and more than 70 reefs. The total landmass of these islands is approximately 5.69 km2.

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  2. 2.

    http://www.diaoyudao.org.cn/en/2015-01/23/content_34638550.htm.

  3. 3.

    Han Jiegen, The Historical Truth about the Diaoyu Islands, Chin. ed., Shanghai: Fudan University Press, July 2014, p. 101.

  4. 4.

    Guo Rulin (Ming Dynasty), Xu Baoguang (Qing Dynasty) et al., Wang Han (ed.), The National Library of China Data of Ryukyu, Part Three, Chin. ed., Beijing: National Library of China Press, first edition, 2006, vol. 1, p. 464.

  5. 5.

    Ibid., vol. 2, p. 43.

  6. 6.

    Ibid., vol. 2, p. 322–323.

  7. 7.

    http://www.diaoyudao.org.cn/en/2015-01/22/content_34626148.htm.

  8. 8.

    Ibid.

  9. 9.

    Han Jiegen, Historical Truth regarding the Diaoyu Islands, Chin. ed., Shanghai: Fudan University Press, July 2014, p. 104.

  10. 10.

    Guo Rulin (Ming Dynasty), Xu Baoguang (Qing Dynasty) et al., Wang Han (ed.), The National Library of China Data of Ryukyu, Part Three, Chin. ed., Beijing: National Library of China Publishing House, first edition, 2006, vol. 2, p. 323.

    Ibid., vol. 2, p. 43.

  11. 11.

    http://www.diaoyudao.org.cn/index.htm.

  12. 12.

    Han Jiegen, Historical Truth regarding the Diaoyu Islands, Chin. ed., Shanghai: Fudan University Press, July 2014, p. 44.

  13. 13.

    http://www.diaoyudao.org.cn/index.htm.

  14. 14.

    Han Jiegen, Historical Truth regarding the Diaoyu Islands, Chin. ed., Shanghai: Fudan University Press, July 2014, p. 135.

  15. 15.

    Guo Rulin (Ming Dynasty), Xu Baoguang (Qing Dynasty) et al., Wang Han (ed.), The National Library of China Data of Ryukyu, Part Three, Chin. ed., Beijing: National Library of China Publishing House, first edition, 2006, vol. 2, pp. 323–324.

  16. 16.

    Ibid., p. 440.

  17. 17.

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  18. 18.

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  21. 21.

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  25. 25.

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  26. 26.

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  27. 27.

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  28. 28.

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  29. 29.

    Kiyoshi Inoue, A Historical Study of the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands), Jpn. ed., Tokyo: Disan Shyokan, 2012, 2nd edition, p. 134.

  30. 30.

    Ibid., pp. 124, 133.

  31. 31.

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  32. 32.

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  33. 33.

    Minutes of the replies given at the meeting of the Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology of the Japanese House of Representatives, Jpn. ed., no. 14, September 7, 1970.

  34. 34.

    Susumu Yabuki, The Conflict over the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) Began with the Return of Okinawa, Jpn. ed., Tokyo: Kaden Sha, August 15, 2013, p. 146.

  35. 35.

    Ibid., p. 146.

  36. 36.

    Ibid., p. 147.

  37. 37.

    Ibid.

  38. 38.

    Yin Mengxia, Jia Guirong, and Wang Guan (eds.), Continued Edition of the Materials about Ryukyu at the National Library of China, vol. 1, Chin. ed., Beijing: National Library of China Publishing House, first edition 2002, p. 306.

  39. 39.

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  41. 41.

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  42. 42.

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  43. 43.

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  44. 44.

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  48. 48.

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  49. 49.

    Zhou Zhonghai, A Collection of Papers on International Law of the Sea, Chin. ed., Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2012, p. 534.

  50. 50.

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  51. 51.

    Yoshiro Matuyi, Interpretations of the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) Issue by International Law Scholars, Jpn. ed., Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha Co., Ltd., December 2014, p. 10.

  52. 52.

    Wang Junmin: A Focus on the Diaoyu Islands: Sovereignty and Dispute Settlement, Chin. ed., Beijing: Central Party School Press, November 2014, pp. 50, 51.

  53. 53.

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  54. 54.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Declaration.

  55. 55.

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  56. 56.

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  57. 57.

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  60. 60.

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Liu, J. (2019). Sovereignty Over the Diaoyu Islands: History and Legality. In: The Diaoyu Islands. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8699-2_1

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