Peking puts on confrontation: In the East China Sea, the country has established a Air traffic control zone. This affects also the Senkaku Islands, which are claimed by China, Japan and Taiwan. Each overflight must now be registered in Beijing.
The dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is getting worse. China now has unilaterally decided to set up a no-fly zone monitoring in the region. Japan controlled the uninhabited island group also claimed China under the name Diaoyu for themselves. Taiwan and South Korea, they also claim for themselves.
The spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Yang Yujun said: “This is a necessary measure of China to enforce its right to self-defense.” All planes that wanted to air traffic control zone pass, would inform the Chinese authorities. Those who do not identify, could be subject to military action, it said.
China justified the establishment of the zone with the short distances to their territorial been in controlled airspace. A fighter aircraft could mainland China so far reached within a short time. Therefore, it is necessary to identify each aircraft already at a greater distance in order to take any necessary defensive measures. The surveillance zone curtailed the freedom of aviation in the region, not that she could continue to be overflown.
Japan-China Island Dispute:New level of escalation in a long dispute
“China is playing a dangerous game, said Narushige Michishita , a security expert at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. The new surveillance zone exacerbating the conflict that has existed for years. It’s not just about the military power in the East China Sea, and raw materials likely to play an important role Approximately 16 trillion liters of oil are suspected in the East China sea – . would be at least almost a tenth of the world’s reserves suspected .
Last Japan had its neighbor China provokes with a new super – warship. The helicopter carrier ” Izumo ” is 248 meters long and 1.2 billion U.S. dollars expensive. Beijing reacted angrily . ” We are concerned about the constant expansion of the military equipment of Japan ” , said the Chinese Ministry of Defense. The neighboring countries should observe this ” high vigilance” . ” An alarming signal of the rearmament of Japan ” , calling it a commentary on the Chinese state news agency Xinhua , the idea of ” Izumo ” in August 2013.
Article Nine of the Japanese constitution prohibits the war “as a sovereign right of the nation”. The conservative government in Tokyo strives any change in the constitution – and goes so while Nazi comparisons. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to enhance the defense forces to normal forces. He’s since the end of December 2012 at the office. He has since upgraded to with words and weapons against China.
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