#china-japan-relations

#china-japan-relations

In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. It has been common practice for the ruling Communist Party to whip up nationalist sentiment and deploy propaganda condemning countries deemed to be violating China's stance on territorial issues as Taiwan and Tibet. At times, Beijing targets companies that make ideological missteps in their maps or advertising.

The move by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday was to protest against what it called the dangerous and extremely regrettable behaviour of the Chinese J-15 fighter jets over international waters southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day. list of 4 itemsend of list It said China's Liaoning aircraft carrier fighter jets aimed radar beams at Japanese aircraft scrambled to shadow the vessel claims denied by the Chinese embassy.

Chinese travellers are estimated to have cancelled hundreds of thousands of flights to Japan amid reports of suspended visa processing and cultural exchanges as a diplomatic dispute over Japan's stance on Taiwan continues. Under pressure from business groups, Japan has sent a senior diplomat to Beijing in an attempt to calm tensions after Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her country could get militarily involved if China attempted to invade Taiwan.

Japan's Foreign Ministry formally protested the intrusion of a Chinese helicopter, citing a violation of its airspace and asserting territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.