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Diaoyu purchase first shot in Japanese rightists’ plans

Global Times Monday 7th May, 2012

The disputes between China and Japan this year began after Japan named the subsidiary isles of the Diaoyu Islands. The Japanese government named 39 islands within its exclusive economic zone, including four subsidiaries of the Diaoyu Islands, in January. This provocation damages China's territorial sovereignty. It breaks the tacit consensus of maintaining the status quo over the Diaoyu Islands. Responding to Japan's provocation, the Chinese gover...

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