The Influence Of The Evolution Of The East Asian Geopolitical Landscape To Ryukyu Islands Geopolitical Relations

The Ryukyu islands have a special geographical relations with China.With the evolution of the east Asian geopolitical landscape,it hada significant important influence on the geopolitical relations in the Ryukyu islands.Under the East Asia Huayi order dominated by China,the Ryukyu islands is a highly developed countryin terms of society and culture.Under the colonial order,the rise of Japan make its dominance in east Asia, and the Japan’s aggression ambitions is showcompletely in this time period,and The Ryukyu islands are ruled by Japan eventually. Under the order of the cold war,Japan was defeated,the United States and the Soviet union become the East Asia’s two big overlords,the fate of the Ryukyu islands was under the control of the United States.In order to resist the Soviet union,the United Statesadjusted the policy and returned the Ryukyu islands to Japanstep by step.Today, East Asia in the geopolitical landscape is mainly controlled by the United States, Japan and Russia, and they control each other. In addition, the sovereignty dispute of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai deepened the contradiction between Japan and Russia gradually, so as Japan and South Korea on the sovereignty dispute of Liancourt Islands. Besides, the situation on the Korean peninsula has become very nervous, and the south China sea dispute is also gradually heating up. Moreover, the sovereignty dispute of Diaoyu islands and demarcation of the east China sea between China and Japan is becoming more and more serious, which make the situation of East Asia also contain a certain crisis.During this period the strategic significance of the Ryukyu islands becoming more prominent.Therefore, the article is based on the background of the Spatio-temporal Evolution of East Asian geopolitical landscape,analyzed the relationship between East Asian countries under different Spatio-temporal backgroundand the change of China, the United States, Japan and Russia’s interactive relations under the impact of the west.Furthermore,Under the existing order in East Asia, this article probes into the necessity that whether we need to discuss the legal status of the Ryukyu islands.From the sovereignty dispute,the article also analyzed theimportant geostrategic position of the Ryukyu islands,explored the method to solve the Ryukyu issue.