Blackstone
Brigadier
The whole thing that Blackstone does not mentions or cannot admit is that the Senkaku were all declared as Japan's sovereign territory through due diligence and accepted procedures which is still the norm TODAY. It was not spoils of war nor was it stolen.
Basically Quin dynasty did not consider it as their territory then PRC did not see it as their territory up until the 70's when UN announced that there MAYBE oil deposited in the area. This can be easily be proven with maps that were printed by official PRC agency showing that Senkaku was Japan's sovereign territory.
Neither ROC nor PRC made any assertion of Senkaku to Japan till the 70's and now they are shamelessly trying to make claim as if it was from the beginning theirs to own.
Sorry but that does not fly anywhere else in the world except some place that rewrites history for their own selfish goals.
Qing/ROC/PRC challenged the unjust taking of Diaoyu through imperialistic war, but was too weak to do much more than complain. The dispute has less to do with resources than security and return of stolen territory. No one in this world, other than Japan, recognizes Diaoyu as Japanese territory. Everyone else say there's a sovereignty dispute that China and Japan should settle peacefully. So, the Community of Nations doesn't recognize Japanese sovereignty, and guess what? Neither does the US.
Diaoyu was taken unjustly from China and will be returned.
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