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The row over ownership of the islands, which lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan, has been rumbling for years.
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Japan and Taiwan have signed a deal allowing Taiwan to fish near a group of disputed islands, prompting China to express "extreme concerns".
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Vietnam, the Philippines, and Taiwan have all objected because it shows disputed islands in the South China Sea and Taiwan to be a part of China.
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This island, off the southwestern coast of Taiwan, is the only offshore island of the outlying islands that is composed of coral.
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In 17 century, Taiwan became part of China and Chinese named the disputed islands as Diaoyu Island, many ancient maps, including some made by Japanese, pointing that Diaoyu Island belongs to the administration of Taiwan.
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The islands, which are controlled by Japan, lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan.
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Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan are also in dispute with China over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea.
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On December 15th, Taiwan said it was building a landing strip on one of the islands.
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Beijing is destabilizing its neighbors, supporting retrograde elements in Burma, implicitly threatening democratic India with its nuclear missile force, massing hundreds of missiles on the coast against Taiwan, and claiming and militarily occupying islands and reefs claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines in a bid to control the South China Sea.
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Mr Su's suggestion that Taiwan and Tokyo should focus on fishing and avoid the issue of sovereignty over the islands is also under fire from Taipei's Want Daily, United Daily News and Central Daily News as unfeasible.
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Taiwan was handed back to China at the end of the second world war, but the islands remained under the control of the Americans, who administered them as part of the Okinawa island chain.
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