Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations: Irredentism and the Diaoya/Senkaku Islands (Google eBook)

Unryu Suganuma

University of Hawaii Press, Jan 1, 2000 - Political Science - 298 pages

In September 1996, members of the right-wing Japan Youth Federation repaired a lighthouse on one of the Diaoyu (J. Senkaku) Islands, a small group of uninhabited islets north of Taiwan in the Liuqiu (J. Ryukyu) chain, known today as Okinawa. For months, outraged ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan protested Japan's presence in the islands, and violent confrontations between protesters and the Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force resulted. Tension over these incidents has subsided since 1996, but the sovereignty of the islands remains a concern for both China and Japan. The long and complex history of relations between the two countries has made the problem difficult to resolve. This violatile situation has been further complicated by the involvement of other countries, including the U.S. Although the Diaoyu/Senkaku matter may be characterized as a simple territorial dispute between two nations, it exposes complicated geopolitical relations among Japan, China, Taiwan, and the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region.

Contents

• International Law and the Diaoyu Islands: 19
• Historical Documents of the Diaoyu Islands A CrossTime Analysis: 42
• Critics of the Irredentism Debate over the Diaoyu Islands: 101
• From Irredentism to Modern Geopolitics The Diaoyu Islands during the Twentieth Century: 116
• Historical Justification and Chinese Hegemony: 152
• The Diaoyu Islands Maps and Historical Evidence: 163
• Notes: 189
• Glossary: 237
• Bibliography: 245
• Index: 285

About the author

Pradyumna P. Karan, professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, is the author of "Japan in the Twentyfirst Century: Environment, Economy, and Society,"

Unryu Suganuma is associate professor of geography at J. F. Oberlin University in Tokyo and the author of "Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations: Irredentism and the Diaoya/Senkaku Islands; Asian interactions and comparisons
• Author: Unryu Suganuma
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0824824938, 9780824824938
• Length: 298 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General