The Sino-Japan row over disputed islands in the East China Sea took a new turn on Thursday as Beijing said its surveillance plane was "disturbed" by Japanese fighter jets and warned Tokyo of consequences. A Chinese marine surveillance plane, which was sent to the disputed islands for the first time on December 13, was "disturbed by Japanese military aircraft while patrolling airspace near the Diaoyu Islands," a Chinese government spokesman...
07:10 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Beijing: Sino-Japanese maritime tensions resurfaced today with Beijing sending three surveillance ships to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, days after right-wing leader Shinzo Abe won general elections in Japan and vowed to "stop the challenge" from China over the islands. Three Chinese marine surveillance vessels this morning entered the territorial waters around the islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkakus by Japan to carry out a patrol,...
04:47 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Tokyo: Japanese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannon to turn away about 40 Taiwan fishing boats and eight Taiwan Coast Guard vessels from waters Japan considers its own on Tuesday in the latest twist to a row between Tokyo and Beijing. Japan protested to Taiwan, a day after it lodged a complaint with China over what it said was a similar intrusion by Chinese boats. Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply this...
01:44 PM, Sep 25, 2012
