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http://www.diaoyudao.org.cn/
This is a site put up by the Chinese
government. It puts forth the Chinese view,
in which the islands are inherent territory
of China.

http://wpo.st/7W9H0
This Washington Post article details an
interview with the Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe, regarding the islands in conflict
amongst other topics.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/
Treaty_of_Peace_between_Japan_and_the_
Republic_of_China
This is the Treaty of Peace between Japan
and China, rafted July 8, 1952 and enforced
August 5, 1952.

http://www.cfr.org/japan/officialjapanese-position-diaoyu-dao-senkakuislands/p30252
This is the official Japanese position on the
Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, as updated by the
Foreign Ministry of Japan in February 2013.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/2014/04/24/joint-press-conferencepresident-obama-and-prime-minister-abejapan
This is the joint press conference with
President Obama and the Japanese PM,
from April 2014.

http://gu.com/p/3zk3q/stw
This Gaurdian article contains many
quotes from Obama as he talks about the
United States position in the conflict.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asiapaci/senkaku/

This is a site put up by the Japanese

government. It supports the Japanese
view, in which the islands are inherent
territory of Japan.
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/
topics_665678/diaodao_665718/
t983015.shtml

This is the full transcript of Vice Foreign

Minister Zhang Zhijuns briefing to
journalists on the issue of the islands.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/forum/
security_and_territorial_issues/
japan_china/AJ201208200005z

This article contains excerpts from the

interview with Kazuhiko Togo, former
head of the Treaties Bureau of the
Japanese Foreign Ministry.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/
china/2012-09/25/c_131872152.htm
The State Council Information Office of
the People's Republic of China on
Tuesday published a white paper on
Diaoyu Dao, an inherent territory of
China.

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