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What is the conflict about? Territorial dispute over the Senkaku
Islands
Between Japan, the People´s Republic of
China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Key shipping lanes, rich fishing ground
and perhaps some oil and gas reserves
Marine and air patrol vessels from Japan
and China
Escalation of hostilities might occur,
because of the tension between the
countries
History Mentioned in Chinese sources from the
1400s
Taken by Japan in 1895 Uninhabited since 1940
Several conflicts and siding with different parties in the past
From 1945 to 1972 1945: taken and ruled by American military
1952: local political power
1972: the islands were transferred back to Japan
How extensive is the conflict?
14.09.12: China sent six military
patrols boats
Triggered anti-Japanese riots in China
19.09.12: Japanese governmental
websites were hacked
11.2013: China declared an “air
defense identification zone”
The islands are included within
the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and
Securityscrambling is the act of quickly getting military aircraft airborne to react to an immediate threat, usually to intercept hostile aircraft.
AllegationsThe People´s Republic of
China/the Republic of China
The Míng dynasty discovered the islands
Japan accepted that they had sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands
Japan should have ceded from the Island after the WW2
The United Nations Convention on the law of the sea
The Senkaku Islands are located on the Chinese continental shelf and is an extension of Taiwan´s eastern mountain range
Japan
The Islands were uninhabited until the Japanese government decided to claim them
Japan has exercised sovereignty
Regulating economic activity
Renting them out to private
Built a weather station and helicopters land space
Patrolling Coast Guard
If China ever has had ownership over the islands, why did they not protest before 1971?
What solutions have been suggested?
Several rounds of conversations considered joint-development of sub-seabed resources in disputed territorial waters
An agreement on joint development of resources was reached
Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands_disput
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11341139
http://www.nrk.no/verden/kina-sender-skip-i-japan-konflikt-1.8317936
http://www.atlanterhavskomiteen.no/nettsider/ost-asiapakken/oversikt/flashpoints-et-utvalg-av-konfliktomrader/senkaku-diaoyu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLN0IgCdKZw&feature=youtu.be