East China Sea - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   There is a disputed islands in the East China Sea between China & Japan.

1. Japan called it Senkaku islands while china calls it Diaoyu islands.
2. Currently it is controlled by China

Which of the above statements is/are correct about the island?


a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:
- Japan is planning to deploy about 500 ground troops on a southern island as territorial disputes with China continue to escalate.
- Ishigaki has jurisdiction over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China also claims and calls the Diaoyu islands.
- Japan has stepped up defence readiness with the Chinese military build-up and its aggressive patrols near the disputed islands.
- Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to nearly all of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which about one-third of all the world's traded oil passes.
- The disputed waters - also claimed in part or in whole by Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Brunei.