Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Kyodo VIENTIANE — Japan and China engaged in a war of words over the Senkaku Islands dispute Tuesday at the summit of Asian and European leaders, government sources said. During a session of the Asia-Europe Meeting… Read More ›
Yang Jiechi
China to UN: Japan ‘stole’ islands
Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, leading China’s delegation at the UN General Assembly, spoke Thursday, a day after a speech in which the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, didn’t mention the Diaoyu Islands. Yang said Beijing will “continue to take… Read More ›
Japan ‘stole’ our islands, Chinese foreign minister tells U.N.
PoliticsSep. 28, 2012 – 11:35AM JST UNITED NATIONS — China took a bitter territorial dispute with Japan to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accusing Tokyo of stealing disputed islands. The Japanese government’s purchase of… Read More ›
Japan won’t compromise with China on claim to islands, Noda says
Japan will never budge on its “sacred” ownership claim to islands in the East China Sea also claimed by China, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said, doing little to ease tensions with Asia’s top economic power. While Japan isn’t seeking a… Read More ›
Korea to watch China’s drone use for territory claims: China Mobilizing Drones to go after Korea’s island of Ieodo
Lee calls top security meeting to discuss N.K., regional tension Territorial tension is brewing again between Korea and China after Beijing reportedly devised a plan to mobilize drones to monitor areas outside its jurisdiction, including Korea’s island of… Read More ›