From A Legal Perspective Of The Taiwan Strait Maintain The Sovereignty Of The Diaoyu Islands Prospects For Cooperation

The sovereignty dispute in Diaoyu Island has been more and more intensifiedrecently. In the game for fighting for Diaoyu island sovereignty between Chinesepeople and Japanese, the position and actions in both mainland and Taiwan haveimportant legal meanings. China mainland has taken a series of actions for protectingDiaoyu island since last year, especially publishing the baseline of Diaoyu island thefirst time, which is a milestone legal act in the position of Diaoyu island after theterritorial sea and contiguous zone law issued in1990. In the aspect of Taiwanpractices, Taiwan authorities has already published that Diaoyu island base point isclearly and precisely within its scope when establishing the territorial base point onDecember31,1998. If both sides can take certain extent cooporation in protectingDiaoyu island, it can not only enhance strength to fight for Japanese illegal actions forthe attempt to steal Diaoyu island, but also promote the cross-strait peace anddevelopment and benefit both sides.By sorting out the disputes sources in Diaoyu island, and the legal rules and legalarguments both mainland and Taiwan, and combining the well-known scholars’academic theory, this article mainly analyses the differences in the sovereignty ofDiaoyu island between mainland and Taiwan, tries to predict the possibilities andmethods in cross-strait legal cooperation, thinks about the main obstacles ofcross-strait and on the basis tries to analyse the prospect of cross-strait legalcooperation.