Episode 367 - Everything and Nothing
History of Japan
English - December 04, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 597 ratingsHistory history japan japanese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week, we're talking about one of Japan's territorial disputes: the bitter debate over ownership of the Senaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands/Pinnacle Rocks. Where do these competing claims over a bunch of uninhabited islands in the middle of nowhere come from? And what has their impact been on Sino-Japanese relations?