Japanese warships disrupt Chinese military exercise- Nov. 2013

[CougarKing]

Very little details though on how the disruption occurred...

Japanese ships disrupt Chinese military exercises
November 2, 2013 - 12:29AM

China lodged a protest with Japan after its ships entered an area in the west Pacific Ocean and disrupted military exercises being conducted there.

China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday it has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint over what it called "dangerous provocation" by Japan for shadowing Chinese military exercises in the western Pacific.

Sino-Japanese ties have been strained for months by a dispute over tiny islands in the East China Sea believed to be surrounded by energy-rich waters. They have also been overshadowed by what China says is Japan's refusal to admit to atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in China between 1931 and 1945.

Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said that a Japanese naval and air patrol disrupted a Chinese live ammunition military drill last Friday, without giving the precise location.

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Read more: Sydney Morning Herald

 

[Infantryman2b]

Interesting how japan still to this day wont admit its abysmal crimes.

 

[Pieman]

They have also been overshadowed by what China says is Japan's refusal to admit to atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in China between 1931 and 1945.

It is mentioned on the story itself....but hard for me to see the link between that and the territorial claims.

 

[Edward Campbell]

Japanese crimes against humanity, against China, and the Rape of Nanking (now Nanjing) was certainly that, is a staple of Chinese antipathy towards Japan. It goes beyond something the government trots out now and again; for many, many Chinese, including young Chinese, it is an open wound that cannot be closed until Japan formally acknowledges that it was a true crime and apolgizes for it.

 

[Pieman]

Wowsers. That's brutal stuff.

 

[Journeyman]

Clearing out dated emails, including STRATFOR subscriber updates, I found this:

Japan has roughly four times as many major warships as the British Royal Navy and, despite being an island nation that emphasizes sea and air power, more tanks than Germany. Japan also boasts niche capacities in special operations forces and diesel-electric submarines and is developing new amphibious capabilities with the help of the U.S. Marines.

It caught my eye, but not enough to justify a new discussion thread.


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