The Tokyo Tower (Not in Beijing)
The Tokyo Bay Observation Wheel (Not of Hong Kong)
(Not only because this Monday is a public holiday of Japan, Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day, I checked the main districts of Tokyo from above on the preceding Sunday. The National Diet Building was not clearly seen as before, since it is now surrounded by new tall buildings and also under repair. Yet, an overall view was good. When I observed Osaka and Kobe city areas from above before 1995, there was a kind of shadows between Osaka and Kobe. Then, in 1995, a great earthquake occurred, taking lives of 6,000 citizens... )When Suddenly A False Right Is Claimed
(L'amitié ou les champs de pétrole sous la mer?)
If Japan is so friendly to China, the world would misunderstand that Japan has endorsed aggressive operations by China in various controversial regions in the world.
So, it is natural that there is a certain level of tension between Japan and China, since China is now exercising its military power to drive out influences of other nations, including the U.S., from its self-defined defence area which is so vast covering Tibet to the South Pacific Ocean.
To tell the truth, as China is simply surrounded by peace-loving Japan and the world police the U.S., it does not need to strengthen its military forces and expand the scope of their activities. The Chinese Communist Party seems to lose its sense as it has now so many dollars at hand.
China is now trying to leverage the location of Japan's Senkaku Islands so close to Taiwan and Shanghai to force Japan to make a concession, claiming its sovereignty over the Islands, though, based on warped interpretations of history.
Anyway, it is a duty for every Japanese citizen to protect its territory.
SECTION I: The Senkaku Islands Are Not Tibet
According to the honorable Japan Coast Guard, scores of Chinese fishing boats were illegally operating in the exclusive economic zone of Japan, around Japan's Senkaku Islands.
One of Chinese fishing boat, while trying to run away, hit deliberately a Japan Coast Guard ship. As a consequence, the boat was seized and the Chinese captain was arrested.
The Japan Coast Guard took a video of this incident, showing the intentional crash by the Chinese fishing boat against the Japanese patrol ship.
After this incident, the Chinese Foreign Ministry requested the Japanese Ambassador to China to come to the Ministry office at 1 a.m., namely at midnight. The Chinese Foreign Ministry requested visit of the Japanese Ambassador total four times, including the violent request at midnight.
China also forced cancellation of visit to Japan by 10,000 Chinese tourists. Chinese TV announcers blamed Japan, like North Korean violent announcers. Some many Chinese Internet users are now planning to attack Japanese sites, in addition to protests on the street and in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
In Japan, everybody knows that the Senkaku Islands belong to Japan since an era of centuries ago. It is the same old Chinese violent anti-Japanese tactics, so thinking are all the Japanese, including pro-Chinese people. (However, some very-pro-Chinese Japanese claim that the Kan Cabinet should not make the matter more strained.)
The points at issue are:
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The key points supporting Japan's claim to the Senkaku islands are as follows.
1.The islands were not inhabited up to 1895.
2.Several months before the cession of Taiwan to Japan by the Qing Dynasty, Japan had already claimed and incorporated the islands into Japanese territory; as a result, the islands remained Japanese territory and would not be affected by the retro-cession of Taiwan in 1945.
3.Though the islands were controlled by the United States as occupying power between 1945 and 1972, Japan has since 1972 exercised administration over the islands. According to Japanese government, the PRC and ROC (Taiwan) have come to claim the sovereignty since a submarine oil field was discovered near these islands.[32] In addition, the former President of Republic of China, Lee Teng-hui, also once stated that the Senkaku Islands are part of Okinawa.
[Even after WWII, the U.S. found that the Senkaku Islands belonged to Japan but neither to Taiwan nor to the Chinese Communist Party.]
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However, the United States, as principal victor over Japan, has consistently maintained that there was no "return" of island territories to China after the close of hostilities in WWII, either due to the Japanese surrender ceremonies, or according to the specifications of the post-war treaties. The Starr Memorandum of the US State Dept., issued in Oct. 1971, is often quoted as an authoritative reference on this subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands#Territorial_dispute
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China claims that the Qing dynasty occupied Taiwan and thus the Senkaku Islands. But, the Empire of Qing simply wanted to defeat anti-Qing forces in Taiwan through war of 1683 but not effectively governed whole Taiwan. The Qing court regarded Taiwan as a place out of the Chinese Civilization, without taking any official measures to develop Taiwan. At best, only part of Taiwan was effectively annexed to the Qing dynasty. The remote Senkaku Islands have been clearly out of power and governance of the Qing court in Beijing.
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From 1683 to around 1760, the Qing government limited immigration to Taiwan. Such restriction was relaxed following the 1760s and by 1811 there were more than two million Chinese immigrants on Taiwan. In 1875 the Taipei government (台北府) was established, under the jurisdiction of Fujian province. Also, there had been various conflicts between Chinese immigrants. Most conflicts were between Han from Fujian and Han from Guangdong, between people from different areas of Fujian, between Han and Hakka settlers, or simply between people of different surnames engaged in clan feuds. Because of the strong provincial loyalties held by these immigrants, the Qing government felt Taiwan was somewhat difficult to govern.
Taiwan was also plagued by foreign invasions. In 1840 Keelung was invaded by the British in the Opium War, and in 1884 the French invaded as part of the Sino-French War. Because of these incursions, the Qing government began constructing a series of coastal defenses and on 12 October 1885 Taiwan was made a province, with Liu Mingchuan serving as the first governor. He divided Taiwan into eleven counties and tried to improve relations with the aborigines. He also developed a railway from Taipei to Hsinchu, established a mine in Keelung, and built an arsenal to improve Taiwan's defensive capability against foreigners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan
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Modernization and industrialization of Taiwan were realized through efforts of the Empire of Japan. It was not Western-style exploitation but efforts to make Taiwan equal to the mainland Japan in terms of culture and living standards.
Like Anglo-Saxons in America won independence from the U.K., people now living in Taiwan have a right to claim that they are a nation on the Taiwan island independent from the mainland China. The Chinese Communist Party is not more authentic as a successor of the Qing dynasty than those living in Taiwan.
In this context, no Chinese have more authority than the Qing dynasty (who did not fully govern Taiwan where many natives were actually independent) had on Taiwan itself without mentioning peripheral islands and rocks. Finally, while the Islands are too remote to be regarded as belonging to Taiwan, the Senkaku Islands were first addressed as a territory of a nation by the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century through internationally recognized procedures.
As long as Japan defends the Senkaku Islands and maintains the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, China cannot start to militarily or violently invade Taiwan.
Accordingly, the Chinese Communist Party would try hard to take the Senkaku Islands and lead the U.S. to becoming a virtual ally of China but not a true ally of Taiwan and Japan.
The Senkaku Islands, Taiwan, Okinawa, Guam, Hawaii, and the West Coast must be defended so as not to become other Tibets.
But, friends, what do you think the Quasi-World No.2 Economy China really is? A true friend of whose?
(The picture of the Japanese Coast Guard ship shows damage at its stern, indicating that the Chinese boat hit it aggressively while sailing forward and running away.
http://www.iza.ne.jp/news/newsarticle/politics/politicsit/439443/slideshow/343979/ )
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Though Russia illegally occupies four northern islands of Japan, Japan has never intimidated Russia and allowed the burning of the Russian flag on the street in Japan.
Though South Korea illegally occupies islands of Japan in the Sea of Japan, Japan has never intimidated South Korea and allowed the burning of the South Korean flag on the street in Japan.
So, the Chinese Communist Party must order Chinese citizens not to harm the Japanese national flag on the street of China.
(In addition, you should take note of the way of American media reporters introducing the state of the Chinese Government on this issue. They are shouting, "China is angry; China is angry; China claims that it is their territory!"
I suspect that the present American government is afraid of China, since the U.S. has relied on Chinese money so much. Only for this reason, another regime change is needed in America.)
As for China, it is apparent that democratic government is needed, so that they do not need to use anti-Japanese tactics in order to avert people's criticism and complaints from the government.
Otherwise, Chinese leaders would look more like worshippers of idols of dictatorship, worse than gold and silver.
(http://www.fukuchan.ac/music/latin/lastdance.html
Save the nation, save children, and save the last dance??)
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.