The 50-year-old controversy between Japan, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan over the sovereignty of a group of tiny, uninhabited islets and rocks in the East China Sea, administered by Japan and referred to as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, as the Diaoyu Islands in the PRC and as the Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwan has become a proxy battlefield in the growing Sino-US great power competition in the Indo-Pacific, against the backdrop of a widening Sino-Japanese power gap.
The geographical location of the disputed island
The contested islets and rocks are located at about 170 km northwest of Japan's Ishigaki Island/Okinawa Prefecture, at approximately 170 km northeast of Taiwan, and roughly 330 km off the coast of mainland China. They have a total area of 6.3 km^(2) and consist of five volcanic islets and three barren rocky outcrops. Their geological characteristics are distinct from those located in the South China Sea. The biggest islet, Uotsuri Island, is the only 'island', sustaining a Japanese population engaged in economic activity until the 1930s.
Republic Of China's claim over Diaoyutai
According to the ROC, China discovered the Diaoyutai Islands in 1372 during the Ming dynasty (1368β1644), and since then, the Chinese people have been closely linked to them. The areas surrounding the islands had been repeatedly referred to as part of Chinese history since 1534. Chinese envoys at the time used the islands as a navigation post en route to the RyΕ«kyΕ« Kingdom (now Okinawa). Furthermore, According to ROC Foreign Minister David Lin, βThe most authoritative historical records supporting the Chinese claim are envoy mission records and official Taiwan gazetteers published during the Qing dynasty (1644β1912).β
Due to its diplomatic isolation, Taipei's voice is often ignored, even though it is a claimant state in both the East and South China Seas. However, ROC claims that the islands form an inherent territory of Taiwan based on the islands geographical location, geological structure, historical evidence, usage, and international law.However, in recent years, Taipei was able to score some gains by using a two-pronged strategy.
On the βsoftβ side, President Ma Ying-jeou in August 2012 proposed an East China Sea Peace Initiative (ECSPI) calling on all parties to,
- Restrain from taking any antagonistic actions,
- Shelve controversies and not abandon dialogue, (3) observe international law and resolve disputes through peaceful means,
- Se
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USA is a member of QUAD and appears to be uniting with Australia and INDIA in support of ASEAN and its member countries in addition to wider support for INDO-PACIFIC which INDIA and INDONESIA are both members.
INDONESIA, THAILAND and MALAYSIA had a planned visit by US Sec Blinken recently plus INDIA is a trial location already connected via INNOVATE trial.
The recent visit by Sec Blinken and the THAILAND leaks of an alleged INOVIO sponsored manufacturing, research and development facility, much like COLOMBIA partnership leaked with SVT trial co-sponsored manufacturing facility however this leak was ASEAN Thailand Corridor region.
I referred to this group of manufacture partners as a consortium 2 of sorts, primarily structured as co-sponsored manufacture facilities between INOVIO and a partner country, at this point we should expect co-sponsored countries to partner with INOVIO on manufacturing with al
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