A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday on a "rights enforcement patrol ...
China and Japan have repeatedly faced off around the Japan-administered islands, which Beijing calls Diaoyu and Tokyo calls the Senkaku.
Japan raised objections yesterday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down.