Diaoyu-Senkaku islands spat deepens as Japan warns China over coastguard ships in East China Sea
  • 4 years ago
Japanese officials speaking in an October 13, 2020, press conference urged China to order its ships out of disputed waters in the East China Sea. Tokyo has filed a diplomatic protest after the two Chinese coastguard vessels approached a Japanese fishing boat on October 11 in waters off the disputed islands Japan calls the Senkakus and China refers to as the Diaoyus. Tokyo says Beijing’s vessels have refused to leave despite repeated warnings, and after what is reportedly the longest time…
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