Chinese activities in Asia alarming: Japan

Japan’s defence minister Taro Kono on Thursday described Chinese activity in the disputed South China Sea and elsewhere in Asia, including India, as “alarming”.

Kono, who announced Japan’s decision to revise its missile defence programme and scale up its entire defence posture, also raised concern about China’s increasingly assertive activity in regional seas and skies.

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He said Chinese coast guard vessels are repeatedly in and out of Japanese waters around disputed East China Sea islands, and a Chinese submarine recently passed just off Japan’s southern coast.

“China is trying to change the status quo unilaterally in East China Sea, South China Sea and with the Indian border and Hong Kong as well,” he said. “It is easy to make connections about those issues.”

(Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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