Economics, Not History, are Driving China’s Senkaku Islands Claims.
Beijing’s immense economic stakes in extracting hydrocarbon resources from the East China Sea are directly linked to its self-professed territorial claims.
We would like to share the insights and analysis by Dr Monika Chansoria, Senior Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo. Previously, she has held appointments at the Sandia National Laboratories (U.S.), Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan) and as Associate Director of Studies at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris).
Her commentary originally appeared on Japan Forward, August 24, 2022.
