Preface Remarks by the Author Chapter 1 The Diaoyu Islands: The Emeralds on the Continental Shelf of the East China Sea Chapter 2 Who Discovered the Diaoyu Islands? Chapter 3 Between the Title-Conferring Envoys and the Diaoyu Islands Chapter 4 The Diaoyu Islands in China's Political and Military Records and Local Chronicles Chapter 5 Diaoyu Island and Its Affiliated Islands in the Maps Drawn by the Chinese and Foreigners Chapter 6 Historical Truths Revealed by Poems: Interpretation of oems on the Diaoyu Islands in Past Dynasties Chapter 7 Ryukyu Does Not Have the Diaoyu Islands Chapter 8 Japan with Insatiable Desires: Annexing Ryukyu First and Now Attempting to Stealthily Occupy the Diaoyn Islands Chapter 9 Analysis of Japan's Fallacy of Owning the Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands Chapter 10 Japan's Real Intention to Covet the Diaoyu Islands and China's Countermeasures Chapter 11 Chronicle on the Sovereignty over Diaoyu Island and Its Affiliated Islands Appendix: Bibliography and References Afterword