[KS] Tokto

[Mark R. Harris]

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?

Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks)
Korea/Japan/North
Korea

Kuril Islands
Japan/Russia

Macclesfield Bank
China/Taiwan/Philippines

Matsu Islands
China/Taiwan

Paracel Islands
China/Vietnam/Taiwan

Pedra Branca/Middle Rocks/South Ledge            Malaysia/Singapore

Pratas Islands
China/Taiwan

Quemoy (Kinmen)
China/Taiwan

Ryukyu Islands
Japan/China/Taiwan

Scarborough Shoal
China/Taiwan/Philippines

Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands)
Taiwan/Japan/China

Socotra Rock (Ioedo)
Korea/China
Spratly Islands
China/Taiwan/Malaysia/Philippines/Vietnam/Brunei

Mark R. Harris

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:54 AM, don kirk <kirkdon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
> If we accept the Chinese view, 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?
> Don Kirk
>
>   *From:* J.Scott Burgeson <jsburgeson at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:16 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [KS] Tokto
> **
>   --- On *Wed, 10/10/12, gkl1 at columbia.edu <gkl1 at columbia.edu>* wrote:
> **
> *It's great, because whatever happens in the future between the two
> Chinese republics, the Daiyu islands will end up in China.*
> **
> **
> 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.
> **
> Paid newspaper advertisements and government announcements are all fine
> and well, but certainly not sufficient, especially on a forum such as this
> one.
> **
> *--Scott Bug *
> ****
>



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