Tensions uninhabited island - near the rich fishing ground and potential huge reserves of oil and gas -
Taiwan also claims that is called the diaoyu island and its subsidiary island in China, Japan, and the diaoyu islands pointed pavilion Taiwan island.
It is not clear if the United Nations in China and Japan will increase the possibility of a peaceful solution to the dispute. But the launch of the international legal process, should be a neutral scientific opinion, can reduce the temperature, is now in Beijing and Tokyo spat.
In China to the United Nations committee on the continental shelf boundary submissions, said that in the east China sea continental shelf is China's land territory natural extension, it contains a disputed islands.
According to the UN convention, a country can prolong the 200 nm economic zone, if can prove that a natural continuation of the continental shelf, the land quality. The u.n. human rights commission claims the scientific assessment, but any we need to solve the disputes between countries, and not by committee.
China says, "diaoyu islands upfold area" - island - is located in the east China sea shelf basin and between the Okinawa trough. "Okinawa trough (east China sea) continental shelf of the natural end," it said.
China also told commission, it is still in negotiations with other countries, on the continental shelf delimitation.
"The commission is submit suggestion would not damage China submitted executive summary, said:" the future of China and relevant countries of continental shelf delimitation between the commission's website.
"There is no doubt that"
The committee said, because the body from July 15, to August 30, in New York at a meeting of the provisional agenda will include in considering the requirements of China.
The commission's letter, Japan's the UN mission in kosovo think, China should not be regarded as submitted.
"There is no doubt that the peak pavilion islands are inherent part of the historical facts, Japan's territory, according to international law, peak pavilion islands is Japan's under effective control," it said.
These islands are Japanese control in 1895, after the war two U.S. military occupied area in 1945-1972, part. Then they returned to Tokyo, the United States authorities in mainland China and Taiwan to dispute.
China deal with Japan's letter, called for the requirements of the Tokyo island "illegal and invalid."
"The diaoyu island and its subsidiary island since ancient times is the immanent territory of China", it's the United Nations mission in the letter said.
The American secretary of state Hillary Clinton called on China and Japan in September for "calm mind" for the win, but her pleas.
In Japan buy island, protests in China see Japan enterprise fully, the Japanese citizens' attack. Report car manufacturers and other Japanese manufacturers in domestic sales greatly reduced.
Recently, Japan's military aircraft have Fried numerous islands to China over the plane fly. China's aircraft has also launched in other parts of the Japanese planes on east China sea shadow. From the two countries have also played a patrol ship nervous cat and mouse game over disputed islands nearby sea area.
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