中日钓鱼岛开战45分钟是什么回事 钓鱼岛事件中国的态度

这种行为有何意义？

The confrontations have all the “red flags” of impending conflict: Disputed territory. Powerful nations. Bluffs and counter-bluffs. Bravado.

这种冲突有许多的“危险信号”，争议领土。强国争端。相互的恐吓

It also has another vital ingredient: Gas.

但还有其他重要的原因：天然气

The dispute over the Senkaku island chain is not new. And it is just one set of islands on the western Pacific Rim over which China and its neighbours have been bickering for decades.

这一争议尖阁诸岛群岛不是新的话题了，中国和其邻国就其争端已经持续了数十年

Why? Probably because the adjacent waters contain as-yet untapped oil and gas fields.

为什么？大概是因为临近水域有未开发的油田和气田

Who gets to exploit these resources will be determined by who owns these islands.