Japan has issued a letter of protest asserting that China is building a "new structure" on the western, Chinese side of the East China Sea median lin ....
On April 18, the PLA Eastern TheaterCommand dispatched naval and air assets to conduct joint readiness patrols in relevant waters and airspace of the EastChina Sea.
Japan created the amphibious brigade amid growing concerns about the security of its southwestern island chain, which stretches toward Taiwan and includes territory near disputed islands in the EastChina Sea.
It appears China's MaritimeMilitia assembled in coordinated lines in the East China Sea ... Thousands of Chinese fishing vessels amassed in what appeared to be coordinated formations in the East China Sea in recent weeks.
Ship-tracking data shows that by January 11, about 1,400 Chinese fishing vessels had gathered into a tightly organized rectangular formation stretching roughly 200 miles ....
TOKYO - Japan has protested China's latest move to install a new structure in the East China Sea, calling it a "unilateral resource development," its Foreign Ministry said Friday.