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Ceratisa t1_j1ne57v wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Chinese ships depart after record-long intrusion into Japanese waters by OceanBreeze246

And China says Taiwan belongs to them.. which makes them the defacto owner of the islands in their view. Also these were given back to Japan to administer post ww2 to Japan from U.S. control. These claims were uncontested until they were viewed as valuable, then China suddenly wanted them.

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Ceratisa t1_j1nfxq2 wrote

Why would there need to be. They came under U.S. control during ww2 and were given back to the Japanese to control autonomously in 1972. There should be no dispute. Again,China automatically considers anything Tawian claims as its own. They become important because of the position they grant to control the economic zones in the waters around them. Japan has had control over them for decades. Them only becoming a dispute later says a lot

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