Diaoyutai Islands
Diaoyutai Islands proper noun: synonym of Senkaku Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (Taiwan and Hong Kong).
Proper noun
Diaoyutai Islands
- Synonym of Senkaku Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (Taiwan and Hong Kong).
- By the spring of 1972, however, Peking’s general anti-Japanese offensive was fading away in any case, and in mid-May the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese jurisdiction brought the Self-Defense Forces into the vicinity of the Tiao Yü T’ai (or Senkaku). Peking accordingly dropped the issue as suddenly...[1975, Harold C. Hinton, “Japan: Power and Problems”, in Three and A Half Powers: The New Balance in Asia, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223
- The Foreign Ministry has reiterated the sovereignty of the Republic of China over the Tiaoyutai Islands and firmly repudiated any promise to any nation by the Chinese Communists to exploit the islands’ resources.[1980 September 7, “Statement on isles”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 35, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
- Synonyms:
- Senkaku Islands, Diaoyu, Tiaoyu, Diaoyutai, Tiaoyutai, Diaoyu Islands, Tiaoyu Islands, Pinnacle Islands
Examples of Diaoyutai Islands in a sentence
- On August 29, 1969, Japanese geologists reported the discovery of huge oil deposits in the Diaoyutai Islands (Japanese called them the Sengaku Islands) area in the East China Sea.1986, Shih-shan Henry Tsai, The Chinese Experience in America, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 172:
- In terms of territorial questions between China and Japan, there is only the Diaoyutai Islands. . . .1998 [1989], George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, quoting Deng Xiaoping, A World Transformed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN...
- The Republic of China (Taiwan) has a legitimate claim to sovereignty over the Diaoyutai Islands based on geological, historical and legal factors.2013 May 24, “Asian Islands in Dispute”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2013, Opinion:
Synonyms of Diaoyutai Islands
Forms of Diaoyutai Islands
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Origin of Diaoyutai Islands
Partial calque of Mandarin 釣魚臺群島 /釣魚台群島 /钓鱼台群岛 (Diàoyútái Qúndǎo).
Questions about Diaoyutai Islands
- What does Diaoyutai Islands mean?
- Diaoyutai Islands means synonym of Senkaku Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (Taiwan and Hong Kong).
- How do you use Diaoyutai Islands in a sentence?
- On August 29, 1969, Japanese geologists reported the discovery of huge oil deposits in the Diaoyutai Islands (Japanese called them the Sengaku Islands) area in the East China Sea.
- What part of speech is Diaoyutai Islands?
- Diaoyutai Islands is a proper noun.
Words near Diaoyutai Islands in the dictionary
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