Okinawa: A Pawn in the China-US-Japan Imperialist Game (VIDEO)

Japan's ownership of an entire archipelago in the East China Sea may be up for review - not by Tokyo, but by Beijing.

The Okinawa Islands chain is home to sprawling US military bases, and tens of thousands of American troops.

The People's Daily - considered a mouthpiece of China's Communist party - all but laid claim to the archipelago in an article written by academics.

Japan quickly hit back, denouncing the paper as a political tool and declaring its ownership of Okinawa beyond doubt.

It's the latest territorial dispute marring relations between the two Asian powers - both are also locked into contest over another island chain.

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