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MID#4065
Started in August 1994. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/710 China
dyad dispute list.
MID#4447
Dispute Number: 4447
Date(s): June 13, 2002
Participants: 710 China/732 South Korea
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Chinese police forcibly entered the South Korean embassy in Beijing to
arrest North Korean asylum seekers.
MID#4493
Dispute Number: 4493
Date(s): December 18, 2010
Participants: 732 South Korea/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: A South Korean naval patrol intercepted a Chinese vessel and attempted
to seize it. The Chinese instead rammed the patrol, a fight ensued, and the fishing boat
sank, killing three of the fishermen.
710 CHINA/740 JAPAN
MID#2199
Dispute Number: 2199
Date(s): June 21, 1873
Participants: 740 Japan/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In June 1873, the Japanese were in China to renew the Sino-Japanese
Treaty to seek understanding by the Chinese for Japanese expansion in Taiwan and
Korea, and particularly to seek approval to take revenge on a Taiwanese aborigi-
nal tribe that murdered over 50 Ryukyu sailors in 1871. Japanese Foreign Minister
Soejima intended to gain audience with the Chinese emperor without having to adhere
to the traditions of kowtow. In June 1873, when the Chinese continued to insist upon
the traditional protocol in the presence of the emperor, Soejima threatened to leave
Peking and refused even to confer with Chinese officials. Had this threat been car-
ried out, the Japanese council had the previous January, secretly agreed to carry out
“necessary measures” in the Chinese territory of Taiwan if China refused to cooperate
with Soejima’s negotiations.