All those concerned about the simmering tension between China and Japan have recently experienced a brief moment of relief at the news that vice-foreign ministers of the two countries will sit together and talk.
Japan has continued to take unscrupulous steps to infringe upon China's territorial sovereignty and challenge the post-war international order.
The Japanese government's attempt to "nationalize" the Diaoyu Islands has the potential to derail global economic recovery. Talks target deadlock
The New York Times has published an article of Han-Yi Shaw, a scholar from China's Taiwan, titled "The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Diaoyu Islands."
A recent document produced by the United States government shows that the US has never recognized Japan's claim of "sovereignty" over the Diaoyu Islands.
Japanese right-wing activists illegally entered waters around China's Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, as Tokyo winked at such provocative moves.
The Noda administration is not seeing the forest for the trees while devoting all its energy to the Diaoyu Dao Islands. It is leaving its country’s diplomatic relations with China in a stalemate.
The sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands has been settled by history and international laws, but not in the way Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda claimed in New York on Wednesday.
The Chinese government's white paper on the Diaoyu Islands has presented ample historical facts to support China's sovereignty claim over the territory, scholars worldwide agree.
More than 50 scholars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and abroad convened in Shanghai on Wednesday to defend China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands with historical and legal evidence.
The mainland and Taiwan share the responsibility of safeguarding fishermen's rights in the Diaoyu Islands, the mainland's spokeswoman on Taiwan affairs said on Wednesday.Tokyo must 'give up the illusion' White paper Comment:Japan cannot deny facts
Anti-Japan protests ebbed in China over the past few days and those responsible for vandalism are being wanted by police, in sharp contrast to a series of provocative moves taken by Japan.