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China, Japan Trade Stunts Over Disputed Islands

With big gas fields under islets, neither country backing down

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 19, 2012 7:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Chinese and Japanese activists are causing headaches in both countries over some islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan, but claimed by both countries, reports the BBC. Called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China (and in Taiwan, which also claims them), the...   Read full story »

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China • Japan • nationalism • natural gas • East China Sea • activists • territorial dispute • Senkaku Islands • Diaoyu Islands

 
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