Nebe calls on the Japanese Government to cede the islands to China, asserting that Japan has no justifiable claim to the islands, and that the United States of America has turned a blind eye in Japan's favor due to the need of the United States to have a strong ally between it and China.

In 1969 the UN Economic Commission for Asia and Far East reported the islands were possibly rich with natural resources.

[4] Nebe, an erotica filmmaker during the 1970s, was quoted in the Communist Party's newspaper The People's Daily that he spent $US500,000 out of his own money working on Diaoyu Islands - The Truth.

Using a series of graphics and effects, it skips quickly from ancient times to the late 19th Century, when the First Sino-Japanese War took place.

In its conclusion, the film calls for peace between the two nations, but puts the majority of responsibility on the shoulders of Japan.