Yang Jiechi stated firmly that the Diaoyu islands had belonged to China from ancient times and in 1895 after Japan defeated the Qing Dynasty in a war.
A. seized
B. were seized
C. have been seized
D. had seized
网友回答
A. seized
(答案→)B. were seized
C. have been seized
D. had seized
解析：考查时态，and连接两个并列结构，前面是一般过去式，所以后面也是一般过去式，因为是被占领，所以用被动语态，所以选B