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In September 1996, the Japan Youth Federation repaired a lighthouse on a Diaoyu/Senkaku island, a small uninhabited islet north of Taiwan. The study investigates the highly topical issues surrounding the Diaoyu/Senkaku confrontation. The authors examine the dispute’s historical development and analyze Chinese sovereignty concepts and boundary‑setting practices during the Ming and Qing periods, highlighting the deep mistrust in Sino‑Japanese relations. Protests by ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan erupted for months, leading to violent clashes with Japanese forces.
In September 1996, members of the Japan Youth Federation repaired a lighthouse on one of the Diaoyu (J. Senkaku) Islands, a small group of uninhabited islets north of Taiwan in the Liuqiu (J. Ryukyu) chain, known today as Okinawa. For months, outraged ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan protested Japan's presence in the islands, and violent confrontations between protesters and Japanese forces resulted. This is an investigation of the highly topical issues involved in the Diaoyu/Senkaku confrontation. It begins by addressing the historical development of the dispute. Other issues centre on Chinese views of sovereignty and their methods of delimiting territorial boundaries during the Ming and Qing periods, the Chinese concept of hegemony, and the history behind the deep mistrust that permeates Sino-Japanese relations.