51.   China and Taiwan also claim the islands, called Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese.

52.   China claims the island as a renegade province.

53.   China, which also claims the islands, attacked the Japanese government for not restraining the nationalists.

54.   Faced with a permanent threat from China, which claims the island as a renegade province, Taiwan requires all men to serve two years in the military.

55.   Even now, Beijing continues to claim several islands on the Amur River that belong to Russia.

56.   Four ASEAN nations plus China and Taiwan claim the islands.

57.   In addition to China and the Philippines, the islands also are claimed in whole or in part by Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

58.   Iran and the Emirates both claim the islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, which lie near the Strait of Hormuz.

59.   Japan claims the islands as its Northern Territories.

60.   Japan claims the islands which have been held by Russia since the end of the war.