As such, it aims to keep Japan at bay and take control of the East China Sea.

The following is from an article by Yoshihiko Yamada, Professor of Tokai University, published in this month's Sound Argument, a monthly magazine with the title "The East China Sea is in danger in August.
It is a must-read not only for Japanese citizens but also for people worldwide, especially those who make their living in the United Nations.
On September 7, 2010, a Chinese fishing boat rammed a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat guarding the territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands.
The vessel attempted to escape and physically assaulted another patrol boat that was pursuing it.
After the incident, China explicitly asserted its claim to the Senkaku Islands, and the then-Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government was swept up in the Chinese government.
Recall that the fishing boat's ramming was a declaration of war on the Senkaku Islands by China.
In this case, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration, preoccupied with short-term relations between Japan and China, repatriated the captain of the vessel pending punishment, a move that would later threaten Japan's territorial waters.　
China's invasion of the seas is a deliberate act.
It has expanded its area of control through "salami" tactics in which it accumulates facts through small changes that are not noticed by its opponents.
Its plan to loot the Senkakus has gradually increased the size of its security ships and equipped them with weapons.　
In 2020, the Chinese government's plan to loot the Senkaku islands appears to have entered a new phase.
In May, the action was radicalized to the point where Japanese fishing boats were chased around and removed from the waters by security boats the size of warships.
Shortly after the incident, Zhao Lijian, deputy press secretary of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press conference, "The Japanese fishing boats were operating illegally in China's territorial waters, and we asked them to leave the waters. We also firmly responded to the illegal interference by the Japanese Coast Guard," he said, publicly stating that the Senkaku Islands are under Chinese administration.　
As of July, Chinese security ships have been roaming around the Senkaku Islands for more than three months in a row.
Besides, the time spent dwelling in the territorial waters per violation has increased.
They have violated the territorial waters for nearly 40 hours in a row.
The Chinese security ships have no interest in the warnings and evacuation requirements of the Japan Coast Guard.　
The Japanese government, under attack, has responded by firing a "regrettable" gun from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and protesting to the Chinese Embassy in Japan on every occasion.
We are sure they know that these words of regret are ineffective, but they avoid taking any active steps.
The only countermeasure the government has chosen to take was to order the Coast Guard to provide dedicated security.
And in 2016, the Coast Guard deployed a dedicated Senkaku territorial security force consisting of 600 personnel and 12 patrol vessels to the Ishigaki Coast Guard Division of the 11th District Coast Guard Headquarters, which covers the Okinawa area, to promote the security of the archipelago with full force.　
However, China is watching Japan's progress and has a better security system and equipment than Japan.
While the Coast Guard has four 1,000-ton patrol vessels, the Chinese Maritime Bureau has a 5,000-ton and 3,000-ton ship and two 1,000-ton boats, so there is a clear difference in power.　
In the future, the Coast Guard plans to deploy a 6500-ton patrol vessel, while China already has two 12,000-ton patrol vessels, the largest in the world.
The Chinese Coast Guard Bureau's 1,000-plus-ton security ships are three times as many as Japan's comparable patrol vessels. China will likely have the upper hand when it comes to expanding its security capabilities and enhancing its equipment.　
In 2013, the Chinese government merged four of the five agencies tasked with maritime security to create the China Maritime Police Bureau under the State Oceanographic Bureau. These are the Maritime Superintendent, a marine management agency under the State Oceanographic Bureau; the Fisheries Administration, a fisheries control agency under the Ministry of Agriculture; the Maritime Police, a security agency under the Ministry of Public Security; and the Haiguan, an entry/exit area management agency.
Furthermore, to make the China Sea Police Bureau a strong organization as maritime incursions proceeded, it was brought under the umbrella of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China in 2018 and became the "People's Armed Police Force Sea Police General Unit," commonly known as the China Sea Police Bureau.
It has transformed from a pure police agency into an organization that has been incorporated into the military and will become an integral part of the People's Liberation Army in the event of an emergency.
The Chinese Maritime Police Bureau was no longer a response to the Japan Coast Guard, but an organization that could only be handled by the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
China's Unwavering Maritime Strategy　
The framework for China's current maritime invasion was created in 1981 when Deng Xiaoping became president of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.
The following year, under Deng's leadership, a plan for the modernization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was drawn up by Senior General Liu Huaqing, commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPC) Navy, to create a system.
This plan is still being followed unbrokenly today.　
The concept of the first and second island lines was created as the central military strategy of this plan.
It was envisioned as a military boundary line with the United States, which was seen as China's greatest adversary.
China aimed to incorporate these waters into its maritime territory.
China, the so-called continental state, has begun to take to the sea to expand its new interests.
The priority was to block Japan's maritime strategy, which has a tremendous influence over Asia's waters.　
The First Archipelago Line runs from Japan's Southwest Islands to Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia, wrapping around the South China Sea.
It is a plan to turn the East and South China Seas into its waters, and the target for the First Island Route was set for completion in 2010.
The South China Sea has almost taken control of the artificial islands, so it has seriously invaded the East China Sea.
It has already begun to invade the second island chain stretching from the Ogasawara Islands to Guam/Saipan and the Pacific Island countries.　
International common sense does not apply to China's maritime incursions.
In the South China Sea, it has unilaterally established the "nine-tiered line" in the waters over which the Philippines and Vietnam claim jurisdiction, and has constructed artificial islands on nine reefs and reefs.
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the artificial islands are not recognized as territory, but they have been incorporated into it.　
The Philippines, deprived of its waters, appealed to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 2013 to stop China's unjustified control of its waters.
In 2004, the court recognized China's unjustified control of the waters, and the Philippines won the case.
However, the Chinese government has criticized the ruling as nothing more than a piece of paper and has continued its incursion into the South China Sea.
It has already nearly completed the construction of military base facilities, including an airstrip capable of allowing military aircraft to take off and land on the artificial islands of Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef, and Mischief Reef, cementing its maritime control.　
Its incursions into Vietnamese waters have been even more radical.
The Chinese navy and sea police remove Vietnamese fishing vessels that fish in waters where Chinese and Vietnamese jurisdictional claims overlap.
Fishing boats that do not comply are captured, their crews are detained, and communications equipment and machinery are confiscated.
In April of this year, a Vietnamese fishing boat was sunk after being rammed by a Chinese security boat.　
China puts its prosperity ahead of international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
International law has no meaning for China. Furthermore, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power, China is not subject to sanctions from the UN Security Council.　
The United States, which wants to stop China's domination of Asia, has been working to maintain maritime order in the South China Sea through "freedom of navigation operations" in which it sends its warships on alert.
However, China's effective control has gradually expanded its scope and has already taken over almost all of the area within the nine-dash line surrounding the South China Sea.
It has also incorporated the artificial islands it has developed into the administrative districts of Nansha and Xisha in Sansha City, indicating that they are under its administration and have become a fact.
Although the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have asked China to weigh in and continue discussions to enact a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea, there is now no room to expect concessions from China.　
Control of the South China Sea also translates into the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong.
Its container terminal, which competed with Singapore for the world's number one spot during British rule, moved to Shanghai and Ningbo on the Chinese mainland and has now slipped to seventh place in the world.　
The Hong Kong National Security Law has broken down Hong Kong's one-country, two-state system and sealed off its citizens' free speech.
Besides, Hong Kong's ports are now seen as dangerous to relations with foreign powers and come under the influence of the Chinese government.
As a result, China will take control of maritime traffic in the South China Sea, leaving no room for the United States.　
While the Japanese live by the theory of "good faith," we must recognize that China operates in a world that has nothing to do with international common sense or international law.
China's aggression in the South China Sea will use similarly in the East China Sea.
We must not neglect to prepare.
The Senkaku is a critical point in the One Belt One Road.　
Since taking office, President Xi Jinping had pledged "the great revival of the Chinese nation" and has sought to reign over the world as it did in the 15th century when it ruled the Silk Road across Eurasia and paved the route from China to North Africa.
The method is the "One Belt, One Road."
China has prospered as a continental nation, and while it can boast of its immense influence on the land routes, known as "one belt," it has fallen behind the maritime countries of Japan and the United States in terms of sea routes.
Therefore, it has been taking its time to expand the sea area it controls.　
Under the One Belt, One Road Initiative, the main route from Chinese ports to the world is through the East China Sea.
As such, it aims to keep Japan at bay and take control of the East China Sea.
The Senkaku Islands are located at a critical point in the fan of the East China Sea and are crucial points in the One Belt One Road.　
China's plan to plunder the Senkaku Islands has been proceeding solemnly.
And as a result, the Chinese Maritime Bureau's security ships are continually sailing around the Senkaku Islands, acting as "Chinese waters."
Unfortunately, Japan's Coast Guard has not been able to stop the Chinese security ships from moving around the islands.
And China has come to declare that the Senkaku Islands are China's territory openly.
There is no concept there, such as the "shelving of the issue" that Deng Xiaoping insisted on when negotiating the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
China is entering the final stage of its quest to take full possession of the Senkaku Islands and, by extension, the East China Sea.　
In Taiwan, during the era of Kuomintang President Ma Ying-jeou, there were groups in solidarity with activists in mainland China.
But in 2013, Japan's 2013 "Japan-Taiwan private fisheries deal" that allowed Taiwanese fishermen to fish in the East China Sea in part, mostly ended their activities in Taiwan.
Since many Taiwanese intellectuals, including former President Lee Teng-hui, recognize that the Senkaku Islands are Japan's territory, it would be good for Japan and Taiwan to work together to make use of the islands.
This article continues.