This video explains the territorial dispute over the Diaoyu or Senkaku Islands between China, Japan and Taiwan. The conflict exists in its current form since the 1970s and has caused worrying incidents involving Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese militaries and navies, which some have argued could even lead to war.

Due to the political nature of this conflict, conversations over this topic tend to get heated or one-sided. In this video I try to present the facts of the conflict as neutrally as possible. Reaching a better mutual understanding is often the first step towards solving a problem. I hope this video can contribute to that.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
1:27 Chinese & Taiwanese point of view
3:03 Japanese point of view
4:36 History after 1945
6:02 Recent events
7:22 Taiwan's difficult position
9:39 Reasons behind the conflict
10:01 Economic value of the Islands
11:31 Strategic value of the Islands
12:18 Symbolic value of the Islands
14:06 Conclusion and Outro
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Sources:

Hagström, Linus (2005) Japan's China Policy. Taylor and Francis.

Hollihan, Thomas A. (2014) The Dispute Over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Springer Palgrave Macmillan.

Monika Chansoria (2018) China, Japan, and Senkaku Islands: Conflict in the East China Sea Amid an American Shadow. Routledge.
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