Events: U.S. media: old maps show the Diaoyu Islands is Japan China
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[Taiwan's "China Times" September 19 article] Title: "New York Times" columnist: Ancient map of Japan recognizes China's Diaoyutai
"New York Times" columnist Christopher famous that does not look like the U.S. to Diaoyutai (mainland called the Diaoyu Islands - Note this newspaper) and the war with China, not to mention the United States has not recognized the Diaoyu Islands is Japan. He also pointed out that the Japanese themselves published a map in 227 years is China's Diaoyu Islands on the mark.
Pulitzer Prize for Nicholas Kristof, the Japanese fishing disputes in the blog, the author shows that the circumstances surrounding the dispute, the U.S. position and personal point of view. The article said that on a technical level, words, "US-Japan Security Treaty," the exercise of jurisdiction covers all areas of Japan, and the Diaoyu Islands is currently governed by the Japanese, so if the Sino-Japanese exchange of fire, the U.S. obligation to help Japan. However, the U.S. position has always been "the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands who in the end, the U.S. had no opinion," so the U.S. will be in a ridiculous position, because "we do not agree with some of Japan's Diaoyu Islands, have to fight in Japan because of Diaoyutai and help. "
The authors note that the fact that level, "the United States to the Diaoyutai no rock and fulfill these treaty obligations, chances are zero." He said the United States there is no reason for a few "may simply China's island", while the nuclear conflict with China. But he also pointed out that if non-compliance with treaty obligations, is bound to hurt the US-Japan relations.
Is the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands who is? Author replied: "I think it should be Chinese, even though the answer is not so clear." He made a few points. First, China's sailing records show China's Diaoyu Islands, "for several centuries"; Second, the Japanese maps published in 1783, indicating China's Diaoyu Islands. Third, Japan in 1884 pretending to "discover" the Diaoyutai, then in 1895 under the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" made in Taiwan, the Diaoyutai be achieved.
[Hong Kong, "Daily News" reported on September 18] Title: l8 century collectors charts show the sovereignty of Diaoyu Islands belong to China as early as
Today is the "9.18 Incident" 79 anniversary of the Sino-Japanese relations become strained owing Diaoyutai incident. Map Collection mound Tanzhao Zhang Hong Kong yesterday over one hundred shows from Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the international charts of the 18th century, ancient times to confirm the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands belong to China. He pointed to a 1794 British charts that map the "Diaoyutai" transliteration, both with the Minnan dialect alphabet, to demonstrate the Chinese a few, have found the Diaoyutai, and has named Cha and the main rescue, claimed by the Okinawa than Japan Chen Shiro Koga who in 1884 found that nearly a century earlier Diaoyutai.
Tanzhao Zhang added refers to another piece of the British charts in 1752 _set_ out more clearly from Keelung, Taiwan town to "Okinawa Naha harbor" route, which, the Diaoyutai islands belong to navigation signs, can be seen, "Diaoyutai" in the foreign the eyes are part of mainland China.
"Even if do not speak a foreign map, we have China in 1373, about the Ming Dynasty, has documented the location with the Diaoyutai terrain, first found in line with international law, the provisions of the first possession, while we have the naming rights with the use of Cha." Relevant The literature also documented near the Diaoyutai "yellow tail Island", "Akao," are marked inside the territory of mainland China.
(Editor: Zhao Ting) |
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