The major regional and political conflict existent between China and Japan forced the United States to end the dispute for Asian peace. The dispute got affiliated with Diaoyu Island, which possess the name Senkaku Island in the Japanese context (Baker, 2012). The U.S. basis for the foreign territorial intervention got fostered by the fact that United States had a stake in the region under conflict. However, its intervention also focused on the demand for peaceful political and regional coexistence between the two parties.
Political responsibilities, in contemporary times, propelled the United States to intervene the stalemate between China and Japan. The Chinese territory is subject to its sole political leadership. The same case applies to Japan. …show more content…
However, there is a common historical platform which the Islands get affiliated. Ideally, the islands under disputes have a contentious geographical location between China and Japan. Accordingly, the land gets located on the east of the Chinese territory and from the southwestern side of the Japanese territory. After China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, under the Treaty of Shimonoseki the Qing dynasty (1644- 1911) formally ceded Taiwan "and its surrounding islands" to Japan. China claims that the Diaoyu Islands was included in that transfer. The U.S. gained control of these islands after Japan 's defeat in World War II. In 1972 the United States gave "administrative rights" over the islands back to Japan, but refused to take a position on the sovereignty dispute of the islands (Downs and Saunders, 1999). In addition to economic and militarily interests to obtain Diaoyu Islands, both Chinese and Japanese have strong nationalism for the administrative rights over the islands; the nationalism of Chinese and Japanese becomes the resources to escalate
Political responsibilities, in contemporary times, propelled the United States to intervene the stalemate between China and Japan. The Chinese territory is subject to its sole political leadership. The same case applies to Japan. …show more content…
However, there is a common historical platform which the Islands get affiliated. Ideally, the islands under disputes have a contentious geographical location between China and Japan. Accordingly, the land gets located on the east of the Chinese territory and from the southwestern side of the Japanese territory. After China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, under the Treaty of Shimonoseki the Qing dynasty (1644- 1911) formally ceded Taiwan "and its surrounding islands" to Japan. China claims that the Diaoyu Islands was included in that transfer. The U.S. gained control of these islands after Japan 's defeat in World War II. In 1972 the United States gave "administrative rights" over the islands back to Japan, but refused to take a position on the sovereignty dispute of the islands (Downs and Saunders, 1999). In addition to economic and militarily interests to obtain Diaoyu Islands, both Chinese and Japanese have strong nationalism for the administrative rights over the islands; the nationalism of Chinese and Japanese becomes the resources to escalate