Mapping the truth of history
A study of charts dating back centuries proves without doubt that the Diaoyu Islands belong to China
In total disregard of international opposition, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe blatantly paid homage in late December to the Yasukuni Shrine where 14 Class-A war criminals of World War II are honored. The move, a gross trampling upon international justice and human conscience, has aroused strong condemnation and widespread opposition from the international community.
At a time when the Abe government faces severe intensified condemnation and was embarrassed into an isolated situation, some Japanese media once again mentioned certain old Chinese maps, in an attempt to take advantage of individual mapping mistakes to claim that the Diaoyu Islands were a part of Japan’s territory.
