The East China Sea Disputes and the Okinotorishima Dispute

What is it about?

A comparison of the influences of the East China Sea disputes and the Okinotorishima dispute on wider Sino-Japanese relations. The Senkaku Shoto/Diaoyu Islands dispute in the East China Sea and the Okinotorishima dispute in the western Pacific are currently among the most prominent maritime disagreements between Japan and China. This article aims to examine the shared and contrasting ideational and material aspects of these two disputes, and to show how these interests shape Japan’s and China’s respective approaches in both cases.

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