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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands Dispute

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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands Dispute

Topic: Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands Dispute

Guest:

  • Gurjit Singh, (Former Ambassador)
  • Commander Abhijit Singh (Retd., Head, Maritime Policy Initiative, ORF)
  • Srikanth Kondapalli, (Professor, Center For East Asian Studies, JNU)

Topic Description:

Japan and China claim the uninhabited islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Tiaoyu in China, as their own, but Japan has administered them since 1972. The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands were formally claimed by Japan in 1895. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the island chain was controlled by the US until 1971 before its return. Since then, Japan has administered the island chains. China began to reassert claims over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the 1970s, citing historic rights to the area. However, Japan does not recognise Chinese claims. More recently, there has been a flare up in the region. The Japanese government said on Thursday it had protested to China regarding a set of names recently assigned by Beijing to seabed zones in the East China Sea, including the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.

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