2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测50_高考复习指南

2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测50

　　[2]The islands have appeared on China' s maps since the Ming Dynasty （1368 —1644）．There are records noting the islands in a book published during the rule of Emperor Yongle（1403—24） in the Ming Dynasty,

　　more than 400 years before Japan claimed discovery of the Diaoyu Islands in 1884． After the Ming Dynasty, the islands were recorded in many historical documents．On a map published by Japan between 1783 and 1785, the Diaoyu Islands were shown as belonging to China. Japan never questioned this until the Sino - Japanese War of 1894 — 95. In the war, Government of the Qing Dynasty （1644 —1911）

　　was defeated, and was forced to give up the whole island of Taiwan and its surrounding islands to Japan． Only since then has Japan had its own name for the Diaoyu Islands．

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　　in World War II in 1945．Then the islands came under US control．In 1951, Japan and the United States illegally signed a treaty in San Francisco without inviting China．The islands were then "entrusted" to Japan．Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai made a statement that the Treaty of Peace with

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　　Japan signed in San Francisco was illegal, and said that the Chinese Government would never recognize the Treaty．In another statement in 1958, the Chinese Government said that Japan should return all the territory（领土） of the People' s Republic of China, including Taiwan and its surrounding islands, to China．