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were incorpOI｀ated into the ad]ninlstratiVe tel｀rltory of the
City of Chllung･ The Summary of Local SclfGovernment
jn thc･ PrQvince of Taiwan， 19G5，an(l the YQallbook of the
Repub】icofChina，1968，specify that the Agine白ｕ代工sland
eon鴎itules the nolth limit or extl･emFnorlh or the Prひ
vinee of Taiwan sjnce the end of the xVar. TheSenkaku
blands alt remote frQrnthe Agincourt lsland by 150Km.
The alave,quotfcl Sunlmary indicates that l珀fore the
Sino-､lapane'se戮'arぐunder the dynastles of Ming and
Ching).the nol‘Lh llmit orTaiwan was Chllung l.sland.and
thatthe訟1ands such as Aglncou践lsland wel･e attached
to TMwan lmder the Japmlebe Rule、
　　 The PeoPle's Republlc or China gave a geographieal
dennitiQn to むhe Ryukvu lslands in the People‘s Daily of
JanuaryS.j953、Aceol･dﾕngtothlsde侃nitlon，the Senkak11
1slands arc lncluded in the Ryukyu ls】ands exPrｾﾞssly･
The People's Dany uses the .阻panese appe1・tion ゛‘senkaku
Shoto" in place of jts Chinese name “Chogyodai"、 The
Map of PI･Qvjncja1 Div包ions of the PeoPle's Rｰpublic
of Chlna of 1964 indleates the Agincourt lsland. not the
Senkaku lslands，as the North limit of the PI･ovince of
Tajwan.
　　 Thus，it is an tlTefutablQ fact that China did not


treat the Senkaku lslands as part of the Provjnceof
Taiwan jn the past. For the Ch拍ese eve， the Senkak11
1slands al･c nol the islands pertailing to Taiwan. At
the eむnclusiQn of the Slno,Japanese PeaceTreaty jn
Aprn 1952， 0r in conncxloD w4th the Artlcle 3 Qf the
San F￥ancjseo Peace Treaty concerning the Senkaku
ls】ands，neither the Government of thきRepubljc of China，
nor the Government of the Peop】e's ReP11♭1ic of China，
hs rajsed any objection. This fzlt underlia｀sth“tboth
lhe Governments have not l'egar(1ｾﾞd the Senkaku lslands
as l)e】ongillg to the PI･ovmce ofTaiwan.
　　 Anyway. Chlna has never exerclsed any eaective
c･ollt1‘Qlov脚'the Senkak11 1slands. ll js the case wlth
the Republic cf China， 111d wlth the PeQple‘s Republic of
Chlna.Therefol･e，we can conelude that both the conte滋一
拍g GQvernments agaln5t Japan‘s terrjtorial titles to the
Senkakt･ lslanlls have no le邨1imate ground ln lnternatlonal
Law.