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China alert to Japanese Diaoyu Islands escalation

(People's Daily Online)

17:16, January 16, 2013

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei held a press conference on January 16, 2013.(Photo/ Foreign Ministry of China)

Key Words: Diaoyu Islands; mapping; surveying; Blue Booking of China’s Surveying and Mapping; China's sovereignty; Chinese Foreign Ministry

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BEIJING, Jan. 16 (People's Daily Online) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday that China is on high alert for Japan escalating tensions over the Diaoyu Islands.

Spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks in response to media reports saying Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Tuesday expressed a stance of handling Chinese jets entering airspace over the Diaoyu Islands with international standards.


He also reiterated China's opposition to Japanese planes and vessels entering the waters and airspace of the Diaoyu Islands.


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