Chinese general says Okinawa not Japan's:
"A senior Chinese military officer has said the Ryukyu Islands -- which include
Okinawa and its US military bases -- "do not belong to Japan", as a territorial row
mounts between the Asian powers.
The comments by People's Liberation Army Major General Luo Yuan were
published by the China News Service website Tuesday, after the country's leading
newspaper last week carried a call to review Tokyo's sovereignty over the chain.
Luo emphasised that the islands were historically in a vassal relationship with
imperial Chinese dynasties."
See:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ch...apans_999.html