Sovereign rights and territorial space in Sino-Japanese relations : irredentism and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands / Unryu Suganuma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suganuma, Unryu, 1964-

Series:

Asian interactions and comparisons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irredentism.

Senkaku Islands--International status.

Senkaku Islands.

Irredentism--China.

Irredentism--Japan.

China--Foreign relations--Japan.

China.

International relations.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--China.

Physical Description:

xiii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : Association for Asian Studies and University of Hawai'i Press, [2000]

Summary:

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.

Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations is an investigation of the highly topical issues involved in the Diaoyu/Senkaku confrontation.

Contents:

Introduction: Irredentism, the Diaoyu Islands, and Sino-Japanese Relations 1

1. International Law and the Diaoyu Islands 19

2. Historical Documents of the Diaoyu Islands: A Cross-Time Analysis 42

3. Critics of the Irredentism Debate over the Diaoyu Islands 101

4. From Irredentism to Modern Geopolitics: The Diaoyu Islands during the Twentieth Century 116

Conclusion: Historical Justification and Chinese Hegemony 152

Appendix The Diaoyu Islands: Maps and Historical Evidence 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-283) and index.

ISBN:

0824821599

OCLC:

42080161