okay, so why dont we talk about what the US did? the US just acted as if they returned the robbed property to the robber, i.e. Japan, not to the owner of the property, i.e China, and have been trying to protect the robber. that is not the law of any country in the world. you said you are politician. i know they will try to go around this point. but you have to take it. since the US did that with it strength in the wrong way. it is not trusted and fair for any country to petition anything to the justice of the US. international has the international justice not that of the US. so, your opion means that the US has right to force other nations to obey its rule. it clearly shows your are hegemonist
first of all, i am not a politician (I wish i was as they hearn heck a lot of money) i was a graduate in International Politic and my Wife is a PhD Researcher on East Asia Study with Lund University, normally i will ran to her for the answer to these question. But I won't this time as A. I feel i am more than qualified to answer and B she is working hard on her research atm.
okay, so why dont we talk about what the US did?
I always want to know why the US were univesial blamed by Asian country if something go down the drain. You need to know, US cannot have more control in the Asia, as they have already achieve status quo in the Asianic region
So, the asnwer to your question is NOTHING, nothing the US did will benefit more to the US more
IF THE STATUS QUO in asia is disturbed.
The most benefitial situation to the US is let the Asia region stay as it is. Think about it, what is the key intererst of US in Asia? How many people are signed with Military or Economic Treaty to the US? And many deployment to the US are currently engage with the US? Tip the balance and the US will need to put in more efford to re-balance the whole situation.
The status quo is the main setting of the US policy at the Asian Region, Where uses Pakitan to tie down India, India to tie down China and so China won't try to gain more exposure in Asia and move in to the region of South Chinese Sea and the Whole Taiwan issue. In this tactics, both south Korea and Japan are not to tie down the Chinese, but rather a closer threat the US had (ie North Korea)
If you are a follower of the US North Eastern Asian Policy you will see the distinct different between country of South China Sea and Japan sea region. You will see a more direct apporach and direct cooperation with the country in Japan sea (S. Korea and Japan) rather than the SCS region (ie Pakistan and India) The reason why US do not want to engage or back the Japanese dispute is the same as US reluctant to sell arms to Pakistan even tho Pakistan is a major allied to our war in Afghanistan. If we back the dispute, or increase arms trade to pakistan, China and India will protest, and they will focus on particular part of a region instead of lock in a status quo with other region.
The status quo, coming from the hostility of Taiwan strait have been a long establishment to the US and you have to be really stupid to focus on one ally (Japan in this case) and break the long working status quo that will see the suffer of other US allied.
AS to why US hand the island back to Japan.
The problem is we have to hand back the island to somebody, the problem is, as the other poster said, Cairo Declaration does not include the Senkaku Island. So they are not part of Island that being return to their Rightful owner (All the island on the Declaration were return and not administrated by the US between 1940s-1950s)
The proble is China did not lodge a dispute to the UN by the time the US return the Island (They only lodge a clarafication of border to UN in 2012...not yet a dispute resolution report)
Even if the PRC have won the case of dispute, they still will not be the rightful owner and govern the island, on the border document, the PRC claim the island is a township of Toucheng, Yilan County, Taiwan Province, well, unless Chinese have control of Taiwan, taiwanese, not Chinese will have the governing right to the island according to the UN document. The Chinese also publicly claim they are claiming the island on Taiwan Behalf.
Say what you want (YUou can say Taiwan is part of China PRC) but the truth is Taiwan is currently not govern by the Chinese Government, so i very much doubt the claim will help anything with the Chinese. Unless they want to start reconquer Taiwan to echo this dispute, China will NOT have control of Senkaku even they have won.
See my post on another article for more detail
http://www.defence.pk/forums/china-...enkakus-japanese-territory-4.html#post3537809