Amudarya news desk : A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on 16 Nov (Sunday) on a “rights enforcement patrol”, the Coast Guard of China said in a statement, as Beijing ramps up tensions with Japan over its prime minister’s remarks on Taiwan.
China and Japan has intensified since Japanese Prime Minister Sonae Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that a hypothetical Chinese attack on democratically-ruled Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
The remarks sparked an angry response from Beijing, which has signaled that it expects Takaichi to retract them in some fashion.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island, which sits just 68.35 miles (110 km ) from Japanese territory. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.
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