Diaoyu Islands

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  China Vessels Enter Disputed Waters Despite Japan's "Repeated" Warnings

  The Chinese coastguard said it patrolled the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands on Thursday to conduct "right protection".

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  Chinese Ships Sail Near Disputed Islands With Japan

  Chinese coast guard vessels sailed near disputed islands claimed by Japan and China in the East China Sea on Monday, marking the second such incident in less than a week.

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  China Asks Japan Not To Seek US Support For Territorial Claims

  A wary China today firmly opposed comments by US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about Diaoyu islands and warned Tokyo to refrain from seeking American support for its illegal territorial claims under the mutual defence treaty.

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  China Warns Japan Against 'Provocation' Around Disputed Islets

  China's Foreign Ministry warned Japan on Wednesday not to take "provocative" action around a group of disputed islets in the East China Sea, saying Tokyo would have to accept the consequences.

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  Japan Says Armed Chinese Vessel Spotted Off Disputed Islands

  Japan said it spotted for the first time today an armed Chinese coast guard ship near islands at the centre of a long-running territorial dispute between the two Asian giants.

• China, Russia Plan East China Sea Drills: State Media

  China and Russia will carry out joint naval exercises in the East China Sea later this month, state media reported on Thursday, with China and Japan embroiled in a territorial dispute in the area.

• Japan scrambles jets against Chinese plane

  Japan scrambled military jets on Sunday to counter three Chinese military planes that flew near Japanese airspace, defence officials said.

• Asian airlines to give flight plans to China after airspace zone created

  Asian aviation officials said airlines would have to inform China of flight plans before entering airspace over waters disputed with Japan, forcing carriers to acknowledge China's authority over a newly declared "Air Defense Identification Zone".

• China issues highest warning over typhoon Fitow

  China's meteorological authorities Saturday issued a red alert, the highest in its weather warning system, as Typhoon Fitow approaches the country's southeast coastal areas, Xinhua reported.

• Chinese mock state media for 2020 Olympics host blunder

  Chinese Internet users on Sunday mocked state media for mistakenly reporting Istanbul would host the 2020 Olympic Games, the latest in a series of gaffes by the government-backed press.

• Chinese ships enter disputed territorial waters, says Japan

  Three Chinese government ships sailed into the waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday, Japan's coastguard said.

• China says its plane harassed by Japanese military aircraft

  A Chinese government spokesman on Thursday said a maritime surveillance plane was harassed by Japanese military aircraft while patrolling the airspace near the disputed Diaoyu islands.

• China hits back at Japan PM's statement on islands

  China has hit back at a comment by Japan's prime minister that his nation will not compromise in their territorial dispute over small islands. Both sides have met this week in an attempt to mend ties frayed by the spat over the island group in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

• China warns Japan on economic fallout of island dispute

  China today warned Japan that its decision to purchase disputed islands in the East China Sea would damage the bilateral trade between the two countries.

• Japan-China island row intensifies after activists raise flag on disputed land

  A group of Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags early Sunday on one of a group of islands at the centre of an escalating territorial dispute with China.