China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands

{{Short description|Chinese political organization}}

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The China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands{{cite web |date=20 July 2012 |title=Chinese company submits investment project for Diaoyu islands |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=&id=20120720000062 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205204245/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=&id=20120720000062 |archive-date=5 February 2013 |access-date=24 September 2012 |publisher=Want China Times}} ({{zh|s=中国民间保卫钓鱼台联合会|t=中國民間保衛釣魚台聯合會|p=Zhōngguó Mīnjiān Bǎowèi Diàoyútái Liánhéhùi}}) is an organization which maintains that the Senkaku Islands are a part of Chinese territory in the Senkaku Islands dispute. The territorial rights to the islands are disputed between China, Taiwan, and Japan, which currently has control over the islands.

In the early morning of March 24, 2004, seven activists from the group landed on the islands, planning to stay for several days. That afternoon, they were detained by the Japanese coast guard.{{cite web |date=24 March 2004 |title=7 Chinese activists land on Diaoyu Island |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/24/content_317724.htm |access-date=20 May 2011 |website=China Daily |publisher=}} The incident gave the territorial dispute renewed media attention and worsened Sino-Japanese relations.