Japan’s Claim To Okinawa Disputed By Influential Chinese Commentators -- Washington PostBEIJING — For many observers, rising friction between China and Japan over a group of remote and uninhabited islands in the East China Sea is worrying enough.
But if some influential Chinese nationalist commentators have their way, the spat over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands — which Beijing calls the Diaoyu — could widen into a dispute over a much more important archipelago.
In a fiery editorial this month, the Global Times newspaper urged Beijing to consider challenging Japan’s control over its southern prefecture of Okinawa, an island chain with a population of 1.4 million people that bristles with U.S. military bases.
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My Comment: Such outrageous comments by influential Chinese commentators will all but guarantee a poisoning of relations between China and Japan .... further isolating China as it continues to pursue territorial claims against most of it's neighbors. As to why this should concern everyone .... Asian nationalism has a long history of resulting in wars of conquest and occupation .... this type of behavior will only guarantee a naval clash between China and someone's navy in the future .... and from there who knows what will happen next.
On a side note .... I would not be surprised if some in Okinawa are now wondering if it is still a good idea to kick the US military bases off the island.
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