71.   Russia claimed the islands after World War II.

72.   The agreement made no mention of the Kurils, which Russia claimed the islands after World War II.

73.   The announcement doomed ties with Taiwan because China claims the island as a breakaway province and refuses to recognize countries that have diplomatic relations with it.

74.   That led to government and street protests in Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei, and vows by protesters to sail there and claim the islands.

75.   Taiwan also claims the islands.

76.   Taiwan also claims those islands.

77.   Taiwan regards China as a military threat because it claims the island as a renegade province and does not rule out using force to recover it.

78.   Taiwan, viewed by Beijing as a renegade province, also claims the islands.

79.   Taiwan claims the islands in the name of China.

80.   Tensions high as Greece, Turkey claim island.