A Japanese national, believed to be affiliated with the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force, scaled the wall and forcibly entered the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, allegedly threatening diplomats. The intruder, found with a knife, was handed over to police without any embassy staff being injured. China expressed deep shock, calling the incident an egregious violation of diplomatic conventions and demanding a thorough investigation and severe punishment for those responsible. Beijing also suggested the event highlights a rise in far-right thinking in Japan and the negative influence of Japanese government policies on crucial Sino-Japanese relations, particularly concerning Taiwan.
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Following two close encounters over the Pacific, Japan lodged formal complaints with China. A Chinese J-15 fighter jet, operating from the Shandong aircraft carrier, performed dangerously close maneuvers around a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft on Saturday and Sunday. These approaches, within 45 meters horizontally and 900 meters ahead of the Japanese aircraft, raised serious concerns about the risk of collision. China, however, maintains its actions were legal and blames Japan for provocative reconnaissance.
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Japan destroyer sailed into China territorial waters despite warnings.
It seems that the age-old tit-for-tat game between Japan and China has once again reared its head. With the recent incident of a Japan destroyer sailing into what China claims as its territorial waters, tensions are running high. But the question that lingers is, were they truly China’s territorial waters or just a figment of China’s territorial ambitions?
China, the same country that has been encroaching on the territorial waters of other countries, including my own, the Philippines, seems to take offense when the tables are turned. China’s coast guard and militia vessels have been known to harass ships in neighboring waters, even resorting to piratical acts at times.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker