1. Japanese-Sino's Senkaku Island Dispute
Each nation refers to the islands by different names: The Diaoyu-tai Islands (People's Republic of China), Tiaoytai (Taiwan), and The Senkaku Gunto Islands (Japan), to which they are most commonly referred ("How Uninhabited Islands," 2014). The Senkakus are 205 miles from China, 105 miles from Taiwan, and 105 miles from the closest island of Japan (McDevitt, 2014). ... Chinese procurement of the islands would not only bring great pride, but would also be beneficial for their maritime goals, in regards to EEZs due to the stipulation that an EEZ stretches out 200 nautical miles...
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