"China Coast Guard vessels have sailed through the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid rising tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about Taiwan. The China Coast Guard said in a statement on Sunday that it conducted patrols around the Senkaku Islands, which Beijing claims as its own and refers to as the Diaoyu Islands. list of 3 itemsend of list China Coast Guard vessel 1307 formation conducted patrols within the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands."
"The deployment around the disputed islands comes as tensions rise in China over comments by the nationalist Takaichi, who suggested last week that Japan would respond militarily to a Chinese attack on the self-governed island of Taiwan. China, which claims Taiwan as an integral part of its territory, responded angrily, with its consul general in Osaka stating that the dirty head that sticks itself out must be cut off. That statement in turn prompted a formal diplomatic complaint from Tokyo."
Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed through the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid rising tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about Taiwan. The coast guard said it conducted patrols around the Senkaku Islands, which Beijing calls the Diaoyu Islands, and identified China Coast Guard vessel 1307 as part of the formation operating within territorial waters. The statement described the patrols as lawful operations to uphold China's rights and interests. The deployment followed Takaichi's suggestion that Japan might respond militarily to a Chinese attack on Taiwan, prompting an angry Chinese response, a consul general's inflammatory remark, a diplomatic complaint from Tokyo, and Chinese travel warnings and airline refunds.
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