China vs. Japan

[Erich]

das wird eine zunehmend interessante Konstellation, dazu mal so als "Eröffnung"
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Japan-China airspace tension grows

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Posted: 1148 GMT (1948 HKT)

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japanese fighter jets have been scrambled 30 times to turn away Chinese planes approaching Japan's airspace in the last six months, more than twice the 13 times in the same period last year, officials have said.

The increased defensive posture reflects the growing tensions between Japan and China, which are squabbling over interpretations of their wartime past, undersea gas deposits, and ownership of East China Sea islands.

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The newspaper Sankei Shimbun said Wednesday that Chinese surveillance planes were flying over natural gas sites in the East China Sea that are claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing.

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