Tension Between China & Japan

CHINA ACCUSES JAPAN OF STOKING TENSIONS.

China has accused Japan of heightening regional tensions with rumors, that Beijing planned to declare a new air defence zone over the South China Sea.

Rightwing forces in Japan had repeatedly made such allegations with the intention of shifting international attention from the plot to change Japan’s pacifist constitution. It sternly warned those forces not to misled public opinion with rumours and play up tension for their own selfish benefit.

Chinese air force officials have drafted proposals for a new air defence identification zone could place the parcel islands, claimed by the both China and Vietnam at the core. The US warned Beijing against such a move, with the state department. It would be seen as a provocative and unilateral act that would raise tension and call into serious question China’s commitment to diplomatically managing territorial disputes.