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The Ryukyu Islands dispute, concerns a territorial dispute over a group of Ryukyu Islands.
Aside from a 1945 to 1972 period of administration by the United States , the archipelago has been controlled by Japan since 1879.
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Following the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government formally annexed what was known as the Ryukyu Kingdom as Okinawa Prefecture in 1879.
Qing empire never recognized Japanese annexion of Ryukyu Kingdom.
During the negotiation of US ex-President Ulysses S. Grant, two partition plans were suggested. Qing demanded Japan should return control of the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands to Qing empire and control of the main Okinawa Islands to independent Ryukyu., Japan demanded Japan will retrun Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands to Qing empire, but Japan should annex the rest of Ryukyu Islands. [1][2] Ulysses S. Grant supported Qing's Three-state solution, but Japan didn't accept Qing's partiotion plan.
After China lost the First Sino-Japanese War, both countries signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895 that stipulated, among other things, that China would cede to Japan "the island of Formosa together with all islands appertaining or belonging to said island of Formosa (Taiwan)",[3]
Because Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands are between Formosa and Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands dispute was submerged.
After the World War II, the islands were occupied by the United States. The treaty was superseded in 1945 by the Treaty of San Francisco, which was signed between Japan and part of the Allied Powers in 1951 after Japan lost the Second World War. In the treaty of San Francisco, Japan explicitly relinquished the control of Taiwan/Formosa and Ryukyu Islands. Ryukyu Islands became United Nations Trust Territory.
In 1972, United States returned Ryukyu Islands to Japan.
2010s[edit]
In 2010s, China questions Japan's sovereignty of Ryukyu Islands.[4][5][6]
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References[edit]
- ^ Lee, p. 10., p. 10, at Google Books
- ^ Japanese Militarism & Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Island - A Japanese Historian's View
- ^ [Article II{b}], Treaty of Shimonoseki
- ^ China lays claim to Okinawa as territory dispute with Japan escalates, The Guardian
- ^ Calls Grow in China to Press Claim for Okinawa, New York Times
- ^ Japan angered by China's claim to all of Okinawa
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Category:Disputed islands Category:Ryukyu Islands Category:Territorial disputes of Japan Category:Territorial disputes of China Category:Territorial disputes of the Republic of China Category:Anti-Japanese sentiment in China
Territory of the Republic of China(中華民國疆域) is consist of the territories the ROC government claims. The term includes Free area of the Republic of China, Mainland China, and other minor areas.
The Republic of China has never renounced its claim over territory it ruled prior to losing the mainland in 1949. This included all of mainland China, parts of northern Burma, and Tannu Uriankhai (part of which is present-day Tuva in Russia). On May 21, 2012, the Mainland Affairs Council released a press announcement that said that Outer Mongolia is not a part of Republic of China.[1]
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