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Diaoyu Islands Dispute

By jdixon915

  • Okinawa Reversion Treaty

    China and Taiwan protest the return of administration to Japan; the U.S. says it does not imply sovereignty, simply administration of the islands.

  • Armed fishing vessels surround islands

    Flotilla of hundreds, with government support

  • Foreign ministry threatens Japan

    Pushes them to withdraw claim of the island

  • Warning shots

    Armed ships fire warning shots at Japanese fishing vessels near islands

  • LAW OF THE PRC ON TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE

  • Fighter planes buzz the island

  • Two submarines deployed

  • Lighthouse erected

    Right-wing Japan Youth Association erected a lighthouse on the main island

  • Warships dispatched

    A mock blockade of the islands

  • Hong Kong Activitst

    Drowns off the coast of the island, leading to a series of vigils and protests

  • Hong Kong and Thailand Activists land

  • Navy surveillance

  • Official claim of sovereignty

    Made in an address to the UN

  • Warships dispatched (Part II)

    Done in reference to Japanese bill reaffirming Security Alliance

  • Naval Drills

  • Activists land

    Government Backed

  • Activists land (Part II)

    Government backed

  • Activists land (Part III)

    Government backed

  • Activists land (Part IV)

    Government backed

  • Activists land (Part V)

  • Naval ships conduct research

  • Naval ships patrol

  • Nuclear submarines dispatched

    SDF forces release a series of plans against China

  • Two destroyers dispatched

  • Nationwide protests

    Against Japan and its revision of history textbooks in general

  • Spy planes launched

  • Activists land (Part VI)

  • Research ships

  • Activists land (Part VII)

    Government backed

  • Actvists Land (Part VIII)

    Government backed

  • Trawler collision with Japanese vessels

    Leads to the halt of rare earth mineral exports

  • Activists land (Part IX)

    From Hong Kong

  • Surveillance vessels

    Launched in response to Tokyo purchasing the islands

  • Nationwide protests

    Biggest attacks against Japanese companies

  • Protests turn violent

  • Use of drones to surveil the area

  • Seven naval vessles appear

    Next to Japan's westernmost inhabited island

  • Radar used

    Locked onto Japanese targets