Japan has said Chinese fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Liaoning on Saturday aimed their radar at Japanese planes in two incidents near Japan's Okinawa islands.
China accuses Japan of sending aircraft to repeatedly approach and disrupt its navy while carrying out planned carrier-based flight training east of the Miyako Strait.
According to Japan's Self-Defense Forces, China's Liaoning aircraft carrier conducted about 100 take-offs and landings over the weekend as it sailed past Japan's islands.
Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.
Japan sent a lower-level delegate to the NATO summit. Chinese analysts frame it as a broader strategic awakening: a resistance to Cold War-style blocs imposed by external powers.
For the US and Japan, the Pacific Islands are a crucial component of the broader Indo-Pacific framework. Consequently, these countries have become central to their strategic interests.
China said patrol was a 'routine action' to safeguard sovereignty, security and maritime rights, and a 'necessary step' for peace and stability as well as to counter Japan's recent 'negative moves'.
Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are in San Francisco for the 30th summit. This is the first time the leaders of China-Japan met face-to-face in a year.
The BCCI decision has given new life to the lunatic fringe of the Hindu Right. It now has the confidence to force policy changes in accordance with its communal campaigns.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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