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mrcleaver t1_j1p5hcg wrote

Reply to comment by ScurrilousTruth in Chinese ships depart after record-long intrusion into Japanese waters by OceanBreeze246

I get China bad, but let's not let that cloud everything to the point of historical revisionism.

Japan effectively annexed the islands during the first Sino-Japanese war, prior to that the oldest historical records even vaguely suggest any claim comes from the Chinese side.

To say that Japan 'administered' the islands since the late 1800s when they basically claimed it as part of a broader imperialistic war and then claiming this is Chinese imperialism in action is just wrong.

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ExplosiveDiarrhetic t1_j1p7cvd wrote

So you’re saying taiwan owns it

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mrcleaver t1_j1p7vwq wrote

No one owns it because it's disputed. Taiwan's claims are just as legitimate as anyone else's. Read up on the history of the islands. It's no more Japan's than Taiwan's or China's, that's why it's disputed and it's hard to settle the dispute.

What is absolutely true is that Japan currently administers it, and neither Taiwan nor China likes it.

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eXAKR t1_j1pruh5 wrote

So, how much is Winnie the Pooh paying you to spread his propaganda on this site?

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