China set to launch naval maneuvers

“According to our annual plan for exercises, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Navy will in the coming days hold exercise activities in the waters near the Zhoushan islands,” China’s defense ministry said without providing any details about the war games.

China’s media said that the six-day live fire naval drills will kick off on Tuesday, adding that the location of the war games is far from any waters also claimed by another country.

On Saturday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced his country’s plan to buy a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, which are at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute between with China and Taiwan.

The islands in the East China Sea are known as the Senkaku Islands in Japanese while China refers to them as the Diaoyu islands.

China reacted angrily to Noda’s remarks and its foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Japan had no right to purchase the islands.

“The Chinese government will continue to take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the sovereign rights of the Diaoyu Islands and adjacent islets,” he said.

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