| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | East China Sea: Negotiations and Issues Between Japan and China |
| Date/Time: | 08 January 2015 | 00:00 - 05:05 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof Chisako T. Masuo, Associate Professor, Kyushu University; and Research Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute |
| Description: | In October 2006, the new Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made an official visit to China and agreed with Premier Wen Jiabao that the two countries should work hard to turn the East China Sea ÔÇ£a Sea of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation.ÔÇØ It held a prominent importance in the ÔÇ£Mutually Beneficial Relationship Based on Common Strategic InterestsÔÇØ that the two leaders pledged to strive in their joint statement. In June 2008, Japan and China again reached an agreement for joint development of gas fields in the East China Sea. However, the tensions over Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands rapidly intensified in 2010 and 2012 between the two countries. What had been happening in the East China Sea between them? What was the driving force behind the issues? What are the commonalities and differences between the East and South China Sea problems? This presentation tries to address these questions by reviewing the bilateral negotiations on East China Sea and the developments of Chinese maritime law enforcement bodies since 1996, when both countries ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. |