The Japanese government seems to have stepped up a lobbying campaign around the world to create the illusion that the Chinese-owned Diaoyu Islands belong to Japan.
The US-Japan alliance, a bilateral arrangement made in the Cold War, should not undermine China's territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights, a Chinese spokesman said on Wednesday.
A Chinese envoy on Monday sent a note to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, presenting documents making clear Vietnam's provocation and China's stance regarding the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.
New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) issued a tsunami potential threat advisory for all of New Zealand coastal areas including the Chatham Islands, following a major earthquake in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands on Sunday morning.
Japan, rather than China, is the country that has unilaterally "altered the status quo" in the East China Sea region in a longstanding dispute with China over the Diaoyu Islands.
Leaders from the Pacific Islands Forum member countries on Thursday welcomed the release of Fiji's new Constitution on Aug. 22, saying it was an "important step" toward free and fair elections.
The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced an initiative to improve management of drinking water in five low-lying Pacific island countries.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will mark the anniversaries of two of the country's overseas military deployments when he travels to the Solomon Islands and the Republic of Korea (ROK) this month.
In response to Japanese prime minister Abe's visit to disputed islands in the East China Sea, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman urged Japan to stop all provocative words and acts detrimental to China's sovereign rights.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry expressed China's demand that Japan return to the track of managing and resolving disputes over the Diaoyu Islands at an early date on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday met at the Pentagon with his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, discussing issues of regional security, including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Diaoyu Islands, which are China's inherent territories.
The current situation around the Huangyan Islands has remained stable and China hopes there are no more conflicts concerning the issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Monday.
China is firmly opposed to comments made by the United States about the Diaoyu Islands, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Sunday.
Beijing maintains that China opposes any infringement of its sovereignty by Japanese aircrafts or vessels... After Japan warned they could open fire, to deter Chinese patrols.
The latest on a territorial dispute between China and Japan over an island chain in the East China sea.
A flotilla of the People's Liberation Army Navy patrolled waters near the Diaoyu Islands on Monday, after returning from a training exercise in the West Pacific.
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