EcoAlert: Japan/China Tensions Rise Over Oil & Gas Resources of a Remote Island Chain
Anti-Japan protests erupted in at least 100 Chinese cities this week, as anger over a struggle for control of oil and gas in the East China Sea turned violent, and increased the tension between the countries.
The flash point is a dispute over a remote island chain known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, lying east of China and south-west of Japan. The US granted the archipelago to Japan after World War Two, but China claims aa prior ownership. Japan recently purchased several of the islands back from a private Japanese owner, and their nationalization has triggered the anger in China.
The East China Sea is rich in oil and gas reserves, many of which have only been discovered in recent decades. Both China and Japan are both eager to claim ownership as the energy demand grow rapidly.
The Daily Galaxy via Reuters News
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"World War 11" what!
Posted by: Chris | September 19, 2012 at 08:21 AM
Let's start World War III over this. Here we go again. Fighting and dying over a piece of land. Let's see what if we just divide the islands evenly and let both countries have the rights to drill for oil and gas.
Wait that would be too logical let's just have that World War III. That way a lot of innocent people can die over this.
Mr Bill
Posted by: Mr Bill | September 19, 2012 at 05:28 PM