evidence: Now Beijing may be slowly peeling back the onion in another disputed island chain, the rocky, uninhabited Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan and known as the Diaoyus in China. [...] At one point, about 200 Japanese people lived in the islands, further cementing Tokyo’s claims, and China did not challenge Japanese sovereignty over the Senkakus for 75 years, it says. [...] The country’s Foreign Ministry maintains the islands are China’s inherent territory, and has accused Japanese fishing boats of making "repeated intrusions" into the area.