Table of Contents
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Book Overview
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Chapter 1
Mentions of the Diaoyu Islands by Ming and Qing Investiture Envoys to Ryukyu
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Chapter 2
Benefiting from Tributary Trade with China
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Chapter 3
Satsuma Invades, Captures Ryukyu’s King, Executes Its Prime Minister and Brings It to “Dual Subordination” Status
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Chapter 4
In Its First Step to Incorporate Ryukyu, Japan Dethrones King Shō Tai and Makes Ryukyu a Domain
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Chapter 5
On the Pretext of Protecting Ryukyuans, Japan Invades Taiwan
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Chapter 6
Mindful of Past Kindness, Subjugated Ryukyu Tries to Continue China Tributes
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Chapter 7
Minister He’s Diplomatic Struggle, Japan’s Incorporation of Ryukyu
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Chapter 8
Former US President Grant Mediates the Ryukyu Case
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Chapter 9
China Concedes to Protect Ryukyu, but the Kingdom is not Restored
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Chapter 10
Shō Tokukō Begs for China’s Help, Rin Seikō Tries to Secure Chinese Military Intervention
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Chapter 11
Defeat by Japan in 1895, the Bloody Battle of Okinawa, 1945
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Chapter 12
The UN Puts Ryukyu in the Trusteeship of the US, Ryukyu is Handed to Japan to Serve the US Strategic Plan
Attention for Chapter 5:
On the Pretext of Protecting Ryukyuans, Japan Invades Taiwan