China vs. Japan

[Erich]

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11 September

JAPAN – CHINA
A Chinese government vessel asked a Japanese coast guard survey ship operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone near in a disputed area in the East China Sea northwest of Okinawa (Diaoyu-/Senkaku Islands) “to stop its activities” … Japanese ship continued surveying operations …Japan later lodged an official protest to China.
(rmks: long standing dispute which seems to be heating up)
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