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China and Japan's simmering island row is threatening to boil over | Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt
The uninhabited Diaoyu/Senkaku islands are an increasing focus for popular protest in east Asia's rising and declining powersChinese and Japanese nationalists are actively asserting their country's claims over the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, sparking protests and a heated diplomatic row between the two countries. To outsiders, it might seem as if this is a relatively new dispute, which started with the Tokyo governor's recent announcement in April that he would purchase the rocky islets. In fact, tensions have been brewing since at least September 2010, when a Chinese fishing boat rammed...
Published By: The Guardian - Monday, 20 August, 2012