Beijing rejects protest over patrol
[2013-08-09 07:41]Beijing rejected a protest from Tokyo on Thursday over Chinese ships patrolling near the Diaoyu Islands, as four Chinese vessels made their longest stay in the area. 
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Poll reveals gloom over China-Japan ties
[2013-08-08 07:12]Ordinary people in China and Japan are pessimistic about future economic cooperation between the two countries as bilateral relations worsen, a recent survey has found.
Islands dispute hammers attitudes
[2013-08-08 01:06]The impasse between Beijing and Tokyo has badly hurt the attitude of both peoples toward their neighbor, with nine out of 10 saying they dislike the other nation.
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Tensions rooted in Tokyo's politics
China, Japan need to seek solution
Players to defend islands in online shootout
[2013-08-02 11:21]A first-person online shooting game co-developed by the People's Liberation Army, which allows players to virtually defend China's Diaoyu Islands, became available as a beta test download on Thursday.
Flights over sea 'routine training'
[2013-07-26 08:21]Beijing on Thursday dismissed Japan's complaints of a Chinese military aircraft flying through international airspace near Japan's southern islands, saying it was not the first time a Chinese aircraft had conducted legal training in the western Pacific.
Major defense update of Japan in the pipeline
[2013-07-26 08:10]Tokyo is planning to boost surveillance in waters around the Diaoyu Islands and acquire the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in a defense policy update that may set off alarm bells in China. Diaoyu Islands dispute
Abe: No dealing on Diaoyu Islands
[2013-07-18 03:37]Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make no concessions on the territorial dispute with China during a rare visit to two remote southwestern islands. Japan warned against provocative acts on Diaoyu Comment: What do you think of China-Japan ties?
Japan warned against provocative acts on Diaoyu
[2013-07-17 21:44]A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Wednesday urged Japan to stop all provocative words and acts detrimental to China's sovereign rights.
Japan highlights China as 'security threat'
[2013-07-10 03:06]Japan highlighted China as a major security threat in its latest defense white paper released on Tuesday, using harsher language than in previous papers.
Japanese defense report worrisome
Abe's plot to contain China is doomed to fail
[2013-06-14 06:41]Since taking office as Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe has been launching frequent diplomatic blitzes targeting China.
China urges Japan back to talk on Diaoyu
[2013-06-04 22:25]A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday expressed China's demand that Japan return to the track of managing and resolving disputes over the Diaoyu Islands.
Beijing protests Diaoyu incident
[2013-04-24 01:57]Tensions escalated once again between Japan and its neighbors as China strongly protested against "provocation" by Japanese ships in the waters off the Diaoyu Islands. Japanese ships driven out of Diaoyu Islands Special: Diaoyu Islands dispute