Islands vow 'may backfire'
By Zhang Yunbi | China Daily | Updated: 2014-04-25 07:08
The PLA is fully capable of safeguarding China's Diaoyu Islands, says spokesman
US President Barack Obama's promise of military cover for Japan's claim on the Diaoyu Islands faces the potential of backfiring, observers said.
Obama stated in a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday that the US-Japan mutual security treaty covers China's Diaoyu Islands.
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