Tag: Senkaku islands
Chinese Claimed Airspace Outrages Far East Neighbours
What began two weeks ago as a unilateral declaration of an ‘Air Defense Identification Zone’ (ADIZ) east of the Chinese mainland coast, developed into...
Japan and China at Odds Over Disputed Islands Again
Last week, three Chinese naval vessels were sighted patrolling the waters around the Senkaku islands on two separate occasions, provocative events that drew two strongly-worded complaints from Tokyo. The three Chinese patrol ships were met by a Japanese Coast Guard vessel mirroring a Chinese/Philippine standoff over the Scarborough Shoals in the South China Sea