Japan scrambles jets after China aircraft ‘violates’ airspace

TENSE Occurrences

Japanese and Chinese vessels have been involved in contentious incidents in contested areas, particularly the East China Sea’s Senkaku islands, which Beijing refers to as the Diaoyus.

The island chain’s remoteness has exacerbated political strife and caused confrontations between Taiwanese fishing boats and Chinese coastguard vessels.

In the area, Tokyo has reported the presence of Taiwanese navy ships, a naval ship, and perhaps a nuclear-powered underwater.

In 2012 and 2017, two non-military plane from China, a turbine plane and a little aircraft, entered Japanese airport close to the Senkaku territories, according to NHK.

“CONTROL MEASURES”

Off Japan’s southwestern Nagasaki place, the Danjo Islands are a group of tiny islands that are scattered throughout the East China Sea.

Beijing nearly fully claims the South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars of business pass annually, despite a global court ruling that it has no constitutional basis.

Two Spanish Coast Guard boats, which were entering waters close to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, were” controlled,” according to China, on Monday.

In recent days, numerous clashes have occurred around the shoal, which is 140 kilometers west of the Spanish island of Palawan and 200 kilometers away from Hainan island, China’s closest big landmass.

Both parties have recently stationed coast guard ships close to Sabina, where the Philippines is concerned that China is planning to construct an unnatural island.

In a charge to maintain diplomatic tensions ahead of US elections in November, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan may travel to Beijing for three nights starting on Tuesday. He will also meet with China’s foreign secretary Wang Yi.