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Experts Warn Japan of Hyping 'China Threat' Over "Innocent Passage" in Tokara Strait

2016-06-16 08:52:40       source:Global Times

June 15, 2016

 

"Chinese experts have warned Japan not to play up the threat of China to escalate regional tensions, following a Chinese navy vessel's entrance into Japanese territorial waters, which experts said was an 'innocent passage.'

'The Tokara Strait is a territorial strait used for international navigation. It is in accordance with the freedom of navigation principle of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for Chinese warships to sail through the strait,' China's Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday."

 

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