琉球群岛位于太平洋上、东海之中,自东北向西南蜿蜓横列在日本九州鹿儿岛与台湾岛之间。历史上,中国明清政府与琉球保持着宗藩关系,但到了19世纪70年代,奉行对外扩张政策的日本出兵琉球,于1879年将其变为冲绳县。1945年日本战败投降后,对于这块与中国渊源颇深的土地,中国国内发出收回琉球的强烈呼声,只可惜因各种原因未能实现。 Ryukyu Islands is located in the Pacific Ocean, the East China Sea, from northeast to southwest meandering course in Kyushu, Japan between Kagoshima and Taiwan. Historically, the Ming and Qing dynasties in China maintained their vassal relations with Ryukyu, but by the 1870s Japan, which pursued its policy of outward expansion, sent troops to Ryukyu and in 1879 turned Okinawa. After Japan’s defeat in 1945 surrendered, it was only a pity that for this reason that the destruction of Ryukyu was strongly denounced by China for the piece of land with deep roots in China.