This paper will take 1850-1972 as a time frame to depict how maritime Asia had been penetrated or even dominated by the Asia-Pacific Powers, mainly the US and Japan. The time range starts from 1850 when the US had ext...This paper will take 1850-1972 as a time frame to depict how maritime Asia had been penetrated or even dominated by the Asia-Pacific Powers, mainly the US and Japan. The time range starts from 1850 when the US had extended its territories to reach the Pacific coast. 1972 was the year that the US handed over the administrative right over Okinawa and Senkaku/ Diaoyutai to Japan while sending the Republic of China in Taiwan a note verbale foretelling this change, and ensuring that the ROC keeps the underlying claim over Senkaku/ Diaoyutai, under the circumstance that the US would like to allow the involved parties to settle the sovereignty issue among themselves. Also in 1972, Japan recognized the PRC on diplomatic front and the US further approached with the PRC after the PRC had replaced the ROC in 1971 to represent Chinese mainland. The main part of the paper is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the decline of China relative to other powers such as the United Kingdom and Japan for maritime Asia in the late 19th century. The second section describes the rise of the Pacific for the world and the dominance of Japan in maritime Asia in the early 20th century. The third section proceeds to the replacement of the US for Japan in maritime Asia before 1972. The conclusion summarizes assets that China and the Asia-Pacific Powers both have for maintaining peace and international order in today’s maritime Asia.展开更多
文摘This paper will take 1850-1972 as a time frame to depict how maritime Asia had been penetrated or even dominated by the Asia-Pacific Powers, mainly the US and Japan. The time range starts from 1850 when the US had extended its territories to reach the Pacific coast. 1972 was the year that the US handed over the administrative right over Okinawa and Senkaku/ Diaoyutai to Japan while sending the Republic of China in Taiwan a note verbale foretelling this change, and ensuring that the ROC keeps the underlying claim over Senkaku/ Diaoyutai, under the circumstance that the US would like to allow the involved parties to settle the sovereignty issue among themselves. Also in 1972, Japan recognized the PRC on diplomatic front and the US further approached with the PRC after the PRC had replaced the ROC in 1971 to represent Chinese mainland. The main part of the paper is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the decline of China relative to other powers such as the United Kingdom and Japan for maritime Asia in the late 19th century. The second section describes the rise of the Pacific for the world and the dominance of Japan in maritime Asia in the early 20th century. The third section proceeds to the replacement of the US for Japan in maritime Asia before 1972. The conclusion summarizes assets that China and the Asia-Pacific Powers both have for maintaining peace and international order in today’s maritime Asia.
