Beijing has reminded the US that it has “inherent” sovereignty over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea after the new US defense secretary vowed to continue to protect the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands on behalf of Japan. The islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, ...
China warned the US on Saturday against destabilizing East Asia after its new Defense Secretary James Mattis said Washington would rush to defend Japan in case of a conflict with Beijing. The remarks by China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang came after Mattis stated during a two-day official tour of ...
