Another half territory without fishing island belongs to Japan. If the whole disputed area belongs to Japan, then look closely on the map. The west side of the disputed area eats into China border.

When Imperial Japan expanded during prior and during the WWII, the main purpose was to expel European Superpowers trying to control/colonize Asia. They built infrastructures and schools to modernize neighboring countries to some degree. Imperial Japan was indeed brutal to Asian countries, but the mission was accomplished by sending strong messages to Europeans/Americans, Asia is not 2nd class citizens.

Today, China’s driving force for their expansion is to capture more underground resources and fishing rights to fuel their economy. I believe they are trying to overpower United States, which is encouraging. But we cannot tolerate Mighty China at expense of countries around.

The so-called vanguard parties of Communist regimes are nothing more than even stronger feudal regimes than those of the past. China thinks everything is theirs. Perhaps if they would consider working with their neighbors instead of demonizing them everyone could get along.