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China, Taiwan Tapping of Diaoyu Islands’ Resources is Blow to Japan – Paper
Taiwan and China will move forward with economic integration through a CPC-CNOOC joint oil exploration in the Diaoyu Islands. From Ta Kung Pao (Hong Kong), via RedOrbit:
A few days ago two major energy enterprises in the mainland and Taiwan decided to join hands in prospecting for and exploiting oil and gas resources in China’s Diaoyu Islands waters. This move marks the rise of cross-Strait energy cooperation to a new height and also deals a heavy blow to some Japanese energy experts’ wild ambition to encroach on the energy resources at China’s Diaoyu Islands.
The Diaoyu Islands, also known as the Senkaku Islands, are a group of islands lying about 170 km northeast of Taiwan. They are claimed by both the PRC, Taiwan, and Japan.
Collaboration between Taiwan’s CPC and China’s CNOOC has been proposed in the past, but has never been followed through on.
Here is a map of the islands from Wikipedia.
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- September 16, 2008 10:27 PM
Taiwan Pledges To Peacefully Resolve Boat Incident With Japan
From AFP:
Taiwan and Japan pledged Tuesday to calmly resolve a diplomatic row over the sinking of a Taiwanese fishing boat after it collided with a Japanese vessel near disputed islets in the East China Sea.
“The foreign ministry will try to peacefully resolve (the issue) through diplomatic channels,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Francisco Ou told reporters.
Ou made the remarks after a Taiwanese protest boat, escorted by nine patrol ships, entered Japan’s territorial waters near the disputed islands early Monday.
Japanese media said it was the first time foreign patrol boats had entered Japanese waters to accompany a protest ship.
Read also Taiwan’s Ma reasserts claim to disputed Pacific islands, seeks peaceful resolution by
AP, Japan says will handle territorial row with Taiwan ‘calmly’ by AFP, and China “concerned” over Japan coastguard vessel colliding with Taiwan boat by Xinhua.
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- June 17, 2008 7:37 AM
Taiwan, China Upset As Boat Collides With Japanese
From AFP:
A Taiwanese fishing boat sank after colliding with a Japanese patrol vessel off a disputed island chain, causing no serious injuries but triggering concern in Beijing and Taipei, officials said.
The Japan Coast Guard said the Taiwanese boat made an abrupt move as it was speeding away out of the contested area and crashed into the Japanese boat.
But the skipper of the Taiwanese boat contended that the patrol boat rammed them.
The incident occurred near islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japanese and the Diaoyu in Chinese. Japan administers the chain, which is claimed by Taipei and Beijing and lies near rich energy deposits.
Read also Taiwan fishing boat sunk in collision with Japanese frigate from The China Post, and Ministry ‘dissatisfied’ with Japan boat crash from China Daily.
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- June 10, 2008 6:27 PM
Japan, Chinese Protesters Clash at Sea – Dikky Sinn
From AP, via ABC News:
Japanese patrol vessels fired water cannon Sunday at a boat carrying Chinese activists who were protesting Japanese claims to territory in the East China Sea, the activist group said.
A boat carrying the protesters arrived near the five disputed islets known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and Senkaku in Japan on Sunday evening, according to the activists’ group, the Hong Kong-registered China Federation of Defending Diaoyu Islands.
The activists’ spokesman in Beijing, Li Nan, said the boat came to within eight miles of Diaoyu Island.
“The Japanese used water cannon to disperse the boat to around 12 nautical miles (13 miles) away. They are now standing off in the waters,” Li told The Associated Press. [Full Text]
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- October 28, 2007 6:28 AM
BBC: Taiwan ship joins island dispute
From BBC NEWS:
Japanese patrol boat on exercises off Tokyo A Taiwanese warship visited disputed fishing grounds on Tuesday, after Taiwanese fishermen complained of harassment by Japanese patrol boats.
Defence Minister Lee Jye and a group of MPs including speaker Wang Jin-pyng were aboard the frigate, which visited the area around the Diaoyu Islands.
The islands, known in Japan as the Senkaku, are claimed by Taiwan, China and Japan.
The frigate returned to Taiwan without incident.
Mr Wang said Taiwan had the right to defend its sovereignty.
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- June 21, 2005 10:08 AM
Yomiuri Shimbun: Senkaku Islands dispute a matter for central govt
From Daily Yomiuri On-Line: (Thanks to Professor Daniel Lynch for this link.)
The Senkaku Islands, a group of islands in the East China Sea, are Japanese territory. Therefore, the government had every right to put a private lighthouse built on Uotsurishima island, the largest of the Senkaku Islands, under state ownership.
To complement the action, the Japan Coast Guard will send personnel to conduct periodic maintenance checks on the facility, which was built by a domestic political organization.
These moves are aimed at showing neighboring countries that Japan has effective control over the Senkaku Islands. By doing so, the government is seeking to prevent a recurrence of an incident in which Japanese sovereignty was violated when a group of Chinese activists unlawfully landed on Uotsurishima in March 2004.
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- February 14, 2005 10:46 AM
Linda Sieg: Japan to Man Lighthouse on Isle Claimed by China
From Reuters, via the Washington Post:
Japan is taking over a lighthouse built by right-wing activists years ago on a small island in the East China Sea, a move that has drawn fire from China, which also claims sovereignty over the uninhabited isle.
Despite growing economic interdependence, ties have been chilled by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to a Tokyo shrine which honors war criminals along with other war dead. Territorial disputes and a Chinese nuclear submarine’s intrusion into Japanese waters in November are other irritants.
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- February 9, 2005 7:11 AM
Postcards featuring Diaoyu Islands released
From Xinhua: “Postcards featuring Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea have formerly been issued by the State Postal Bureau for the first time and they will soon go on sale in major Chinese cities. ”
AP’s report on this story is here. To know more about the historical background of Diaoyu Islands dispute between China And Japan, Please click here.
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- December 28, 2004 11:26 AM