China's armed forces are capable of safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests, a spokesman with the Ministry of Defense said Thursday, referring to the Diaoyu Islands.
A Japanese diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday carrying a letter from his prime minister to President Hu Jintao as an attempt to cool tensions.
A visiting high-ranking Chinese Army officer on Friday stressed the importance of developing a new type of military-to-military relationship with the United States, so to boost pragmatic cooperation in various spheres.
China strongly opposes any application of the US-Japan security treaty to China's Diaoyu Islands, a visiting senior Chinese military official told his US colleagues on Friday.
China on Friday expressed strong displeasure at the Japanese leader's remark on Diaoyu Islands.
When the fishing boat Kai Fung No 2 drew alongside the public pier at Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday, a crowd of supporters erupted in cheers.
The unexpected visit by a senior Chinese military official to the United States is widely seen as being linked with territorial tensions in Northeast Asia.
Hong Kong fishing vessel Kai Fung No 2 reached Hong Kong water on Tuesday evening.
Japan is mulling over breaking its diplomatic deadlock with its neighbors, yet a series of planned diplomatic reshuffles may not make huge a difference.
Japanese nationalists landed on the Diaoyu Islands on Sunday, provoking strong protests from both the government and the Chinese people.
The landing on China's Diaoyu Islands by a pack of Japanese rightists on Sunday was the latest of a series of provocations that flagrantly infringed Chinese sovereignty.
China strongly opposes Japanese rightists landing on the Diaoyu Islands on Sunday, and urges Japan to put an end to its actions that seek to undermine China's territorial sovereignty.
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