'钓鱼岛是中国的'

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Today China Daily has a two-page advertisement (a common occurrence) in the print edition of New York Times, that under the byline of "China Watch and ends with “For more information about Diaoyu Islands, please visit: www.chinadaily.com.cn," reprints

Diaoyu Islands belong to China. China Daily, Sept 28, 2012
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2012-09/28/content_15790351.htm

My comment:
(a) The differences between the NYT and China Daily versions are:
(i) Five paragraphs in NYT are bold-faced, which serve as section headings. They starts with
“Diaoyu Islands, which * * *” (paragraph 1);
“Diaoyu Islands have long been * * *“;
“Chinese and foreign maps * * *”;
“Japan grabbed Diaoyu Island from China”;
“Diaoyu Island was returned to China after the Second World War.”
(ii) The publications in NYT are italicized.
(iii) The photo (as opposed to the map) in NYT does not carry a caption.

(b) The map caption mentions
(i) Huangwei Yu  黄尾屿 (Japanese name: 久場島 Kuba-jima)
(ii) Chiwei Yu  赤尾屿 (Japanese name: 大正島 Taishō-jima)
钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9 ... 0%E5%88%97%E5%B6%BC

(c) The text refers to several publications:
(i) Shun Feng Xiang Song  順風相送
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E ... E%E7%9B%B8%E9%80%81
(原本藏在英國牛津大學鮑德芮氏圖書館（Bodleian Library）。1935年北京圖書館研究員向達在該圖書館整理中文史籍，抄錄《順風相送》等中國古籍。原本是鈔本，封面有「順風相送」四字。著者姓名不詳。向達在1961年出版《兩種海道針經》，其中包括《順風相送》”)
(ii) Hayashi Shihe, Illustrated Outline of the Three Countries (1785).
(A) HAYASHI Shihei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayashi_Shihei
(林 子平; 1738-1793)
(B) For Illustrated Outline of the Three Countries, see Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangoku_Ts%C5%ABran_Zusetsu
(三国通覧図説; An Illustrated Description of Three Countries)

(iii) John Cary, A New Map of China from the Latest Authorities. London: John Cary (1811).
Historical Maps of Asia, 1801-1825. University of Alabama, undated.
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/histor ... asia2_1801-1825.htm
(iv) Joseph Hutchins Colton, Colton's China. New York: J.H. Colton and Company (1859).
Historical Maps of Asia, 1851-1860.
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/histor ... asia2_1851-1860.htm
(v) I can not find
A Map of China's East Coast: Hongkong to Gulf of Liao-Tung compiled by the British Navy in(1877).

(d) I am familiar with Taiwan. The advertisement lies in two key points:
(i) Under the heading “Japan grabbed Diaoyu Island from China” is this paragraph: “On April 17, 1895, the Qing court was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War and forced to sign the unequal Treaty of Shimonoseki and cede to Japan Taiwan along with Diaoyu Island.

Diaoyu Island was not mentioned in the treaty--plain and simple.
(ii) The heading “Diaoyu Island was returned to China after the Second World War” is simply wrong. Nowhere was the island(s) mentioned in that period of time, for there were many pressing matters.