The territorial dispute between Japan and China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea just got more dangerous. At the weekend, Beijing continued its strategy of slowly ratcheting up the pressure on Tokyo when it declared an “air defence identification zone” covering airspace over the disputed islands. Aeroplanes entering the zone will need to identify themselves or face what Beijing said would be “defensive emergency measures”. Given that Japanese aircraft regularly patrol the area in what Tokyo considers its own airspace, Beijing’s move appears to increase the chance of a clash, accidental or otherwise.
中日围绕东manbetx3.0 海无人居住群岛的领土争端刚刚危险升级。上周末，manbetx3.0 政府宣布划设东海“防空识别区”，将争端群岛上空空域包括在内，显示manbetx3.0 政府仍在继续实施对日本政府缓慢增压的策略。未来进入该防空识别区的飞机必须提供识别方式，否则将被施以manbetx3.0 政府所谓的“防御性紧急处置措施”。鉴于日本飞机会定期巡逻日本政府视为自己领空的区域，manbetx3.0 政府此举看上去会增大中日发生冲突的可能性，无论冲突是否是意外的。