In an interview with well-informed sources on Dec 28, Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun discovered Chinese diplomatic papers created in 1950 used the Japanese name Senkaku to identify the Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea. The same document also contained language recognizing the Senkakus as a part of Okinawa.
Currently China claims the islands are its territory as “a part of Taiwan.” Recognition by China in 1950 that the islands are a part of Okinawa is contradictory to its current claim and weakens the foundation of its present position.
According to sources, the document titled “Summary Draft Relating to Problems and Assertions with Territorial Clauses in the Treaty of Peace with Japan” was created in May 1950. Officials who carefully examined a copy believe it to be authentic.
The document, which treats the Senkakus as a part of Okinawa, states, “(The islands) are exceedingly close to Taiwan, it is necessary to consider whether or not to include them as (a part of) Taiwan.”
Source: Sankei
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Yubaru
China will quite surely find some papers from the same time period stating otherwise too.
papigiulio
LOL
and below: Jackie Chan Weighs in on China-Japan Island Dispute: “Definitely Belong to China!”
basroil
YubaruJan. 08, 2013 - 09:00AM JST
You mean "same" with quotation marks as there are no publicly available statements that contradict Japan's ownership between the first world war and the 1960s.
SushiSake3
Aren't Japan and California also part of the Greater China Pacific Economic Sphere For The Peoples' Prosperity Zone?
Hmmm......
Outta here
Despite the headline of the story there is not one quote from the document stating that they are part of Okinawa as the headline claims. Rather it questions whether it is part of Taiwan. So another case of Japanese right wing media twisting the story to suit its agenda?
tokyo-star
Oh, China!
I read it as, they are currently part of Okinawa, but due to their proximity, they could possibly be seen as part of Taiwan, which at the time was still "China", was it not?
noriyosan73
Paper! Paper tigers! TP paper! Possession is 9/10th of the law, and unless japan stands firmly, the island will be taken away like a stronger dog takes the bone from a weakling.
House Atreides
Jiji Press discovered the document one day before the Sankei Shimbun. The document consists of 10 pages and is titled "Draft platform on issues and arguments in the parts concerning territories in the peace with Japan." In the document the Chinese stated that:
The document included the Sento islets as part of the Yaeyama islands in parentheses.
cramp
lol..credibility of said 'discovered' and 'believed to be authentic' papers just ruined it for them to be believable
Patrick Hagger
China protected interest maybe, but at least the news is shown today
JoeBigs
But, these papers were before natural resources were discovered in the area and that makes anything the PRC said in the past nil and void.
The PRC is starving for resources and it will lie, steal and cheat to get it.
Give them an inch and they will rob you blind.
nedinjapan
The Japanese can keep citing ridiculous sources over their claim on a piece of rock they are NOT going to use ever. meanwhile they can see the economic turmoil caused by their narrow-minded policies sink their economy further.