Diaoyu Islands

There's been another round of commotion related to the dispute over the Diaoyu Islands (in Japanese it's called Senkaku) between China and Japan. It all started with a Tokyo mayor trying to 'buy' the island from some supposed private citizen who 'owns' it. We know these islands' administrative control was simply given to the Japanese by the U.S., and in the Chinese … [Read more...] about On the recent Diaoyu Islands Dispute