I have a little chart of East Asian island disputes. Are there any missing from this list, or any inaccuracies as to claimants or anything else?<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks)<span style> </span>Korea/Japan/North
Korea</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Kuril Islands<span style> </span>Japan/Russia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Macclesfield Bank<span style> </span>China/Taiwan/Philippines</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Matsu Islands<span style> </span>China/Taiwan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Paracel Islands<span style> </span>China/Vietnam/Taiwan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Pedra Branca/Middle Rocks/South
Ledge<span style> </span>Malaysia/Singapore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Pratas Islands<span style> </span>China/Taiwan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Quemoy (Kinmen)<span style> </span>China/Taiwan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Ryukyu Islands<span style> </span>Japan/China/Taiwan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Scarborough Shoal<span style> </span>China/Taiwan/Philippines</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu
Islands)<span style> </span>Taiwan/Japan/China</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Socotra Rock (Ioedo)<span style> </span>Korea/China</span></p>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Spratly
Islands<span style> </span>China/Taiwan/Malaysia/Philippines/Vietnam/Brunei<br><br>Mark R. Harris<span style> </span></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:54 AM, don kirk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirkdon@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kirkdon@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><span>Thanks for that reality check. I too was a little surprised to see such quick endorsement of an ad on the Senkaku/Diaoyu question. Should Japan also be taking out a full-page ad? </span></div>
<div><span>If we accept the Chinese view<var></var>, would we go from there to acceptance of the view, already expressed in China, of China's sovereignty over Okinawa? Another complication is that Taipei and Beijing won't be thinking as one on Diaoyu if the question comes up as to who's in charge. Would the islands go to the closest Taiwan county? What would Beijijng say/do then -- send "fishing" boats to challenge Taiwan control?</span></div>
<div><span>Don Kirk</span></div>
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</div><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">From:</span></b> J.Scott Burgeson <<a href="mailto:jsburgeson@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jsburgeson@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To:</span></b> Korean Studies Discussion List <<a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws" target="_blank">koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a>> <br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:16 AM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [KS] Tokto<br></font></div><u></u>
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<td valign="top"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse">--- On <b style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;OUTLINE-STYLE:none">Wed, 10/10/12, <span style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;OUTLINE-STYLE:none"><a href="mailto:gkl1@columbia.edu" target="_blank">gkl1@columbia.edu</a></span> <i style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;OUTLINE-STYLE:none"><<a href="mailto:gkl1@columbia.edu" target="_blank">gkl1@columbia.edu</a>></i></b> wrote:
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<div style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;MARGIN:0px;OUTLINE-STYLE:none;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px"><i style="LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;OUTLINE-STYLE:none">It's great, because whatever happens in the future between the two Chinese republics, the Daiyu islands will end up in China.</i></div>
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</div><div style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;MARGIN:0px;OUTLINE-STYLE:none;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px">Wow. Is this a forum for objective scholarly debate, or unabashed agitprop? I am sure that any disinterested historian recognizes that the Senkaku/Diaoyu issue in particular is hardly cut-and-dried. Before leaping to any conclusions, it would be nice to see what sorts of evidence and/or arguments form the basis for the above assertion, which strikes this reader as an implicit endorsement of Chinese territorial aggression.</div>
<div style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:1.2em;MARGIN:0px;OUTLINE-STYLE:none;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px"><u></u></div>
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