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• China bolsters East China Sea claim, warns of 'defensive measures' against Japan

  China on Saturday bolstered its claim to islands that Japan says it owns, warning that it would take "defensive emergency measures" against aircraft that failed to identify themselves properly in airspace over them.

• Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane

  Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese Defense Ministry spokesman said.

• Japan-China island row intensifies after activists raise flag on disputed land

  A group of Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags early Sunday on one of a group of islands at the centre of an escalating territorial dispute with China.

• Prime Ministers of China, Japan meet over island row

  The prime ministers of Japan and China met informally at a regional summit on Saturday amid a diplomatic row that has plunged the two countries' relations to a five-year low.Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he was able to talk briefly with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit, but noted that a full bilateral mee...

• Anti-Japan protests in China over island claims

  Thousands of Chinese took to the streets across the country against Japanese claim over disputed islands in East China Sea, sparking fears that the diplomatic row over the territory could resurface between them.The China-Japan tensions, which subsided after the recent meeting between Prime Ministers of both the countries at the Asia-Europe summit i...