《钓鱼岛是中国的固有领土》白皮书（英文）DiaoyuDao,anInherentTerritoryofChina(September2012)StateCouncilInformationOfficeThePeople'sRepublicofChinaContentsForewordI.DiaoyuDaoisChina'sInherentTerritoryII.JapanGrabbedDiaoyuDaofromChinaIII.BackroomDealsBetweentheUnitedStatesandJapanConcerningDiaoyuDaoareIllegalandInvalidIV.Japan'sClaimofSovereigntyoverDiaoyuDaoisTotallyUnfoundedV.ChinahasTakenResoluteMeasurestoSafeguarditsSovereigntyoverDiaoyuDaoConclusionForewordDiaoyuDaoanditsaffiliatedislandsareaninseparablepartoftheChineseterritory.DiaoyuDaoisChina'sinherentterritoryinallhistorical,geographicalandlegalterms,andChinaenjoysindisputablesovereigntyoverDiaoyuDao.Japan'soccupationofDiaoyuDaoduringtheSino-JapaneseWarin1895isillegalandinvalid.AfterWorldWarII,DiaoyuDaowasreturnedtoChinainaccordancewithsuchinternationallegaldocumentsastheCairoDeclarationandthePotsdamProclamation.NomatterwhatunilateralstepJapantakesoverDiaoyuDao,itwillnotchangethefactthatDiaoyuDaobelongstoChina.Forquitesometime,JapanhasrepeatedlystirreduptroublesontheissueofDiaoyuDao.OnSeptember10,2012,theJapanesegovernmentannouncedthe"purchase"ofDiaoyuDaoanditsaffiliatedNanxiaoDaoandBeixiaoDaoandtheimplementationoftheso-called"nationalization".ThisisamovethatgrosslyviolatesChina'sterritorialsovereigntyandseriouslytramplesonhistoricalfactsandinternationaljurisprudence.---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---ChinaisfirmlyopposedtoJapan'sviolationofChina'ssovereigntyoverDiaoyuDaoinwhateverformandhastakenresolutemeasurestocurbanysuchact.China'spositionontheissueofDiaoyuDaoisclear-cutandconsistent.China'swilltodefendnationalsovereigntyandterritorialintegrityisfirmanditsresolvetoupholdtheoutcomesoftheWorldAnti-FascistWarwillnotbeshakenbyanyforce.I.DiaoyuDaoisChina'sInherentTerritoryDiaoyuDaoanditsaffiliatedislands,whichconsistofDiaoyuDao,HuangweiYu,ChiweiYu,NanxiaoDao,BeixiaoDao,NanYu,BeiYu,FeiYuandotherislandsandreefs,arelocatedtothenortheastofChina'sTaiwanIsland,inthewatersbetween123o20'-124o40'E(EastLongitude)and25o40'-26o00'N(NorthLatitude),andareaffiliatedtotheTaiwanIsland.Thetotallandmassoftheseislandsisapproximately5.69squarekilometers.DiaoyuDao,situatedinthewesterntipofthearea,coversalandmassofabout3.91squarekilometersandisthelargestislandinthearea.Thehighestpeakontheislandstands362metersabovethesealevel.HuangweiYu,whichislocatedabout27kilometerstothenortheastofDiaoyuDao,isthesecondlargestislandinthearea,withatotallandmassofabout0.91squarekilometersandahighestelevationof117meters.ChiweiYu,situatedabout110kilometerstothenortheastofDiaoyuDao,istheeasternmostislandinthearea.Itcoversalandmassofapproximately0.065squarekilometersandstands75metersabovethesealevelatitspeak.1.DiaoyuDaowasfirstdiscovered,namedandexploitedbyChinaAncientancestorsinChinafirstdiscoveredandnamedDiaoyuDaothroughtheirproductionandfisheryactivitiesonthesea.InChina'shistoricalliteratures,DiaoyuDaoisalsocalledDiaoyuYuorDiaoyuTai.TheearliesthistoricalrecordofthenamesofDiaoyuDao,ChiweiYuandotherplacescanbefoundinthebookVoyagewithaTailWind(ShunFengXiangSong)publishedin1403(thefirstyearofthereignofEmperorYongleoftheMingDynasty).ItshowsthatChinahadalreadydiscoveredandnamedDiaoyuDaobythe14thand15thcenturies.PIn1372(thefifthyearofthereignofEmperorHongwuoftheMingDynasty),theKingofRyukyustartedpayingtributetotheimp...