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Ithekro · 2014-02-11, 04:18

Save that the actual treaty (San Francisco) kept said islands as administered from Okinawa, then under American occupation. When Okinawa was returned to Japan by the United States after 25 years, the islands sort of went with it. The Treaty of Taipei doesn't change matters all that much (as the treaty is with Taiwan) and was more or less made moot when Japan opened relations with the mainland in the 1970s. The peace between Japan and the PRC says nothing about islands or even anything about World War II, as that was 1978.

If the ROC is not going to make an issue over Taiwan, what sense is there in making an issue over those islands? Especially if Taiwan and Japan are in the same country (or is that just an alliance?)

If Pacific has manage to gain a foothold on Mainland China, the ROC has no foot to stand on for extra territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Save that the actual treaty (San Francisco) kept said islands as administered from Okinawa, then under American occupation. When Okinawa was returned to Japan by the United States after 25 years, the islands sort of went with it. The Treaty of Taipei doesn't change matters all that much (as the treaty is with Taiwan) and was more or less made moot when Japan opened relations with the mainland in the 1970s. The peace between Japan and the PRC says nothing about islands or even anything about World War II, as that was 1978. If the ROC is not going to make an issue over Taiwan, what sense is there in making an issue over those islands? Especially if Taiwan and Japan are in the same country (or is that just an alliance?) If Pacific has manage to gain a foothold on Mainland China, the ROC has no foot to stand on for extra territorial claims in the South China Sea. __________________ Last edited by Ithekro; 2014-02-11 at 05:41.