And if Xi were to fixate that nationalist sentiment not on neighboring Taiwan (at least not yet), but instead on the Japanese-held Senkaku Islands (China calls them the “Diaoyu Islands”), Xi ...

China calls the islets the Diaoyu Islands ... party lawmakers for carrying out research and development of the Senkaku Islands.

His motive for the remarks about the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, remains unknown. The Japanese government bought three of the islands, which are located in Okinawa ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

Summary Japan’s management of its territorial disputes has been pragmatic, with Tokyo opting for diplomatic posturing rather ...

China’s gray zone tactics around the Senkaku Islands are even more dangerous than similar moves in the South China Sea. How is Japan responding? The two sides hope finding common ground on ...

Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands (Japan calls them as Senkaku Islands) lie in the East China Sea, around 92 nautical miles Northeast of Chilung City, Taiwan Province of China, which are ...

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday ... entered the Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands,” Hayashi said on Wednesday ...

TASS/. Four patrol ships of China’s Coast Guard have entered a zone, considered its maritime territory by Japan, near the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands in the East China Sea, Kyodo reported.

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