Japan will never budge on its “sacred” ownership claim to islands as US Scholars say ample proof they are China's

China escalates row with Japan over disputed islands: China has broadcast footage on state television showing its armed forces conducting military exercises with real weapons above a small island. It is not clear when the video was made, but it has further aggravated the dispute between China and Japan over a small group of islands that are claimed by both countries.

Ample facts presented in China's white paper on Diaoyu Islands:  The Chinese government's white paper on the Diaoyu Islands has presented ample historical facts to support China's sovereignty claim over the territory, U.S. scholars say. China has exerted jurisdiction over the Diaoyu Islands since the early era of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

"Japanese cartographers showed (the islands) as part of China in the 17th century," said Gehl, who is also an attorney at Clark Hill PLC and chair of the firm's China Initiative. J.D. Bindenagel, a former ambassador with more than 30 years of experience in the American diplomatic corps, described the white paper as a "very good position paper."

Japan will never budge on its “sacred” ownership claim to islands in the East China Sea also claimed by China, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said, doing little to ease tensions with Asia’s top economic power.  While Japan isn’t seeking a military confrontation with China and wants to keep talking “calmly,” the disputed islands “are an inherent part of our territory in light of history and also under international law,” Noda told reporters in New York today in comments translated into English by an interpreter.

Tensions over the islands, known as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese, have spilled over onto the sidelines of an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. The foreign ministers of China and Japan yesterday held talks at a hotel in New York that revealed no room for compromise.

China hits back at Japan PM's comment that his nation won't compromise on ...: “China is strongly disappointed and sternly opposes the Japanese leader’s obstinacy regarding his wrong position” on the matter, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement that repeated China’s stance that Japan was ignoring historical facts and international laws. “The country seriously challenges the post-war international order, but tries to take the rules of international law as a cover. This is self-deceiving,” Qin said in a separate statement.

The islands, held by Japan, are uninhabited but sit astride rich fishing waters and potentially large reserves of natural gas. They are also claimed by Taiwan. Japan’s purchase of some of the islands from their private Japanese owners two weeks ago sparked sometimes violent protests in China that targeted Japanese-owned stores and factories.

After a very long and heated exchange I believe the argument or "fight" over the island is over and the United States has a way out of a military confrontation with Chine over the islands. However there still remains China's claim of soveriegnty over all the China seas and the significant natural resources. I still believe in the end this will result in open conflict with the US who has stewardship over all the other countries contesting China's position. The long buildup in the fight with China and most of the rest of the world over the Islands and all the China seas

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
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