China's armed forces on Tuesday vowed unwavering determination and will to guard its territorial sovereignty, in a statement issued by the Defense Ministry.
"We are closely watching the development of the situation, and we reserve the right to take countermeasures," Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng told reporters on Tuesday.
The Chinese military expressed strong opposition and protest against the Japanese government decision to "nationalize" China's territorial Diaoyu Islands, the spokesman said.
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Japanese hunker down in China as protesters regather
Reuters India - 15 minutes ago
By Ben Blanchard and Antoni Slodkowski | BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -
Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the country's embassy suspended
services in China on Tuesday, as anti-Japan protests threatened to
reignite and drag a territorial dispute between ...
Japan Govt: Received Report Two Japanese Landed On Senkaku Islands
Japan Govt: Received Report Two Japanese Landed On Senkaku Islands
Wall Street Journal (India) - 18 minutes ago
By Toko Sekiguchi TOKYO--Japan's top government spokesman said Tuesday
that two Japanese nationals landed on one of the disputed Senkaku
islands earlier in the day, citing the country's coast guard. "We have
received a report that two Japanese ...
AsiaOne - 23 minutes ago
Chinese military troops stand at attention for the visit of US
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at the Bayi Building in Beijing on
September 18, 2012. TOKYO - Japanese coastguards said Tuesday they had
warned away a Chinese boat spotted near an island ...
China braces for reignited protests on Mukden anniversary
China braces for reignited protests on Mukden anniversary
South China Morning Post (subscription) - 29 minutes ago
Macau's hospitality industry has seen fast, vast expansion, but does
the new Sheraton Hotel complete a full house, asks Nadine Bateman.
Soldiers guard the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the ...
Fresh wave of anti-Japan protests hit China
Fresh wave of anti-Japan protests hit China
Financial Times - 29 minutes ago
By FT reporters Thousands of Chinese protesters gathered outside the
Japanese embassy in Beijing on Tuesday and Japanese companies in China
braced for an escalation of demonstrations over a territorial dispute
between the two countries...
Japan govt: China should deal with protests calmly
Japan govt: China should deal with protests calmly
Reuters - 30 minutes ago
| TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - China should deal with anti-Japan
demostrations calmly and with a long-term perspective given the key role
Japanese firms play in supporting its economy, Japan's top government
spokesman said on Tuesday...
Japan automakers scale back China production
Japan automakers scale back China production
Straits Times - 45 minutes ago
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's big three automakers shuttered some or all of
their factory operations in China on Tuesday amid escalating anti-Japan
protests centred on a bitter territorial dispute between the Asian
giants. Honda Motor said it had temporarily ...
Japan Coast Guard says 2 Japanese land on island at centre of territorial row
Japan Coast Guard says 2 Japanese land on island at centre of territorial row
The Province - 48 minutes ago
By AP September 17, 2012 7:40 PM TOKYO - Japan's Coast Guard says two
Japanese have landed on one of the islands at the centre of a blazing
territorial dispute with China. Coast Guard official Yuji Sakanaka said
Tuesday that the reason the two landed ...
Jakarta Post - 50 minutes ago
AP, Tokyo, Japan | World | Tue, September 18 2012, 9:48 AM Japan's
Coast Guard says two Japanese have landed on one of the islands at the
center of a blazing territorial dispute with China. Coast Guard official
Yuji Sakanaka said Tuesday that the ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) - 45 minutes ago
By Brian Spegele Protesters hold posters of China's late Chairman Mao
Zedong, Chinese national flags and banners as soldiers and policemen
stand guard during a protest on the 81st anniversary of Japan's invasion
of China, outside the Japanese embassy ...
Japanese activists land on disputed island
Japanese activists land on disputed island
Hindustan Times - 47 minutes ago
Two Japanese activists landed on an island at the centre of a bitter
dispute with China on Tuesday, the government in Tokyo said. "Two
Japanese landed on Uotsurijima at about 9:30 am (0030 GMT)," Chief
Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told reporters, ...
Globe and Mail - 53 minutes ago
A dispute over a quintet of uninhabited islands is jeopardizing the
political and trade relationship between the world's second and
third-largest economies, as a number of Japan's flagship companies
announced temporary closures of their China ...
Globe and Mail - 53 minutes ago
Some 1000 Chinese fishing boats – draped in national flags – are
reportedly en route to the waters around a disputed set of islands,
posing a fresh challenge to the Japanese government's de facto
sovereignty over the area and potentially bringing the ...
Chinese ship warned away from disputed island
Chinese ship warned away from disputed island
ABC Online - 1 hour ago
By China correspondent Stephen McDonell and wires Japanese coastguards
say they have warned away a Chinese boat that was spotted near an island
at the heart of a territorial row between Beijing and Tokyo. A
spokesman from the coastguard in Okinawa said ...
China Sees More Anti-Japan Protests Over Islands
China Sees More Anti-Japan Protests Over Islands
NPR - 1 hour ago
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of protesters are marching past the Japanese
Embassy in Beijing shouting patriotic slogans, demanding boycotts of
Japanese goods and calling on China to assert its claim over disputed
islands held by the Japanese government...
Anti-Japan protests in China seen to benefit non-Japanese firms
Anti-Japan protests in China seen to benefit non-Japanese firms
Korea Times - 1 hour ago
HONG KONG (Yonhap) -- Escalating anti-Japanese protests in China could
come as a boon to rivals of Japanese companies there due to worsening
consumer sentiment toward Japanese products, analysts said Tuesday.
Protesting Japan's claim over disputed ...
China paper hints at anti-Japan sanctions
China paper hints at anti-Japan sanctions
The News International - 1 hour ago
BEIJING: The mouthpiece of China's Communist Party warned on Monday
that Japan's economy could suffer for up to 20 years if Beijing chose to
impose sanctions over an escalating territorial row. Anti-Japanese
protests have been held across China in ...
The Nation - 1 hour ago
BEIJING (AFP) - Japanese firms Canon and Panasonic suspended operations
at several plants in China on Monday, they said, as worries grew over
mass anti-Tokyo protests in the world's second biggest economy. Beijing
and Tokyo are at loggerheads over ...
China sees more anti-Japan protests over islands
China sees more anti-Japan protests over islands
Alpena News - 12 minutes ago
AP BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of protesters are marching past the
Japanese Embassy in Beijing shouting patriotic slogans, demanding
boycotts of Japanese goods and calling on China to assert its claim over
disputed islands held by the Japanese government ...
Morning Whistle - 23 minutes ago
Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have suspended
production in China in the wake of anti-Japan protests over the weekend
related to a territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. Honda
spokeswoman Natsuno Asanuma said the ...
Japanese activists land on Diaoyu island
Japanese activists land on Diaoyu island
RTHK - 14 minutes ago
Two Japanese activists have landed on the largest island in the Diaoyu
chain of islands. The Japanese coastguard said they had already left. A
government official said the two activists were from Japan's main
southern island of Kyushu...
Diaoyu Islands Defending Forum opens in Jakarta
Diaoyu Islands Defending Forum opens in Jakarta
People's Daily Online - 27 minutes ago
Jakarta, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Diaoyu Islands Defending Forum
organized by the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce of Indonesia ( ZCCI) and
representatives of the overseas Chinese in Indonesia opened here Monday,
aiming to express strong indignation over ...
Morning Whistle - 23 minutes ago
The website of the Wall Street Journal Monday published a story
discussing the possible economic damage of China and Japan over their
ongoing territorial spat. In the context of globalization, the author
Alex Frangos argues that the Sino-Japan trading ...
China sees more anti-Japan protests
China sees more anti-Japan protests
KOIN Local 6 - 28 minutes ago
Police combat tear gas during a demonstration over the disputed Diaoyu
Islands, on September 16, 2012 in Shenzhen, China. Protests have taken
place across China in a dispute that is becoming increasingly worrying
for regional stability...
Radio Australia - 23 minutes ago
Japanese firms, including Toyota and Yamaha, are shutting their doors
in China as anti-Japanese sentiment boils over in angry protests. A
protester carries a defaced Japanese flag with Chinese characters
reading: "Wipe out Japanese pirates, ...
The Next Web - 28 minutes ago
As thousands of Chinese citizens continue to protest against Japan's
nationalization of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, local search engine Baidu
took a clear stance on Tuesday with a 'doodle' on its homepage that
showed a Chinese flag planted on the ...
Asian Correspondent - 34 minutes ago
By AP News Sep 18, 2012 11:06AM UTC TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Coast Guard
says two Japanese have landed on one of the islands at the center of a
blazing territorial dispute with China. The tiny islands in the East
China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and ...
Chinese hold anti-Japan protests on war-linked anniversary
Chinese hold anti-Japan protests on war-linked anniversary
Mainichi Daily News - 36 minutes ago
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese held anti-Japan protests in major cities on
Tuesday, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion
of China, to denounce Tokyo's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands
claimed by China...
Japan responsible for damage from violent protests: China
Japan responsible for damage from violent protests: China
Mainichi Daily News - 36 minutes ago
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China on Monday blamed Japan for damage that
Japanese companies operating in the country suffered from vandalism in
anti-Japan demonstrations over the weekend in the country. Japan's
"illegal purchase" of the Senkaku Islands...
90% of Chinese back additional countermeasures against Japan
90% of Chinese back additional countermeasures against Japan
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Nearly 90 percent of Chinese are in favor of
Beijing's additional countermeasures against Japan over its
nationalization of the Senkaku Islands claimed by China and Taiwan,
according to a survey published Monday in the Global Times...
Tokyo-Beijing Island Spat Puts Washington in Bind
Chinese Ships Approach Disputed Islands
China monitoring ship enters contiguous zone near Senkakus
POINT OF VIEW/ Nobuyoshi Sakajiri: China playing dangerous game of 'chicken' with Japan
ANALYSIS: From China's viewpoint, Japan should have kept isles problem shelved
Panetta urges China to increase military contacts to avoid missteps
Chinese ships sail into waters near disputed islands
China willing to risk 'conflict' as it claims waters around Senkakus
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Tokyo-Beijing Island Spat Puts Washington in Bind
Chinese Ships Approach Disputed Islands
China monitoring ship enters contiguous zone near Senkakus
POINT OF VIEW/ Nobuyoshi Sakajiri: China playing dangerous game of 'chicken' with Japan
ANALYSIS: From China's viewpoint, Japan should have kept isles problem shelved
Panetta urges China to increase military contacts to avoid missteps
Chinese ships sail into waters near disputed islands
China willing to risk 'conflict' as it claims waters around Senkakus
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