More than a hundred years ago, China was still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, suffering from the invasion of the great powers, but a Japanese businessman took advantage of this to dig graves on the Chinese islands and throw the bones into the sea, after all these strange acts, but hidden this Japanese businessman a shameless plan, to understand the Japanese businessman's actions, we must first know the concept of "terra nullius".
The so-called "terra nullius" means that a person first discovers an island, and the island is inhabited by no one, then the island can belong to him. The reason why this Japanese businessman did this was to create the island as an illusion of terra nullius and then incorporate it into Japanese territory.
The island that Japanese merchants racked their brains to seize is called Dongsha Island, which has been Chinese territory since ancient times, with a total area of 1.8 square kilometers and a large number of phosphate and seafood resources.
When the Japanese businessman Nishizawa Yoshiji discovered this, he immediately led his men to Dongsha Island with the Japanese flag. In order to destroy the signs of the island's habitation, he threatened to drive away the island's fishermen, ordered his men to destroy the existing Chinese temples and graves on the island, and named it "Nishizawa Island" with his surname, and hung the Japanese flag in the middle of the island.
After learning of this incident, the Japanese government expressed its support for Nishizawa Yoshiji and had a plan to annex Dongsha Island, and Nishizawa Yoshiji also became the vanguard of Japan's coveting of the South China Sea in a vain attempt to invade and occupy Chinese islands.
Although the Qing government at that time was invaded by great powers, it did not want to watch Japan advance, so it sent warships to Dongsha Island to confront the Japanese. The Japanese did not dare to forcibly seize it by force, so they declared that the island was the first to be discovered by them and should belong to Japan. Japan thought they had destroyed traces of the island and China had no evidence. However, there are many classics in China that prove that Dongsha Island belongs to China.
In the face of all kinds of evidence, the Qing government did not weaken, but directly drove the most advanced flying eagle warship to Dongsha Island, and released a word: If the Japanese do not withdraw, the Qing government will use force against the Japanese on the island. Under the strong attitude of the Qing government, Japan finally chose to withdraw from Dongsha Island. Today, the island is still within The Territory of China.