US official visits amid rising tensions
By Cheng Guangjin in Beijing and Tan Yingzi in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-17 07:54
Island tensions, aircraft deployment in Japan will be high on agenda
United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is set to visit Japan and China this week amid escalating tensions between the two biggest powers of East Asia.
Analysts said the dispute over the Diaoyu Islands and the US deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft to Japan will be high on Panetta's agenda.
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