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February 08, 2013
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China accuses Japan of 'smear' over radar incident
Beijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2013
Beijing accused Tokyo Thursday of mounting a smear campaign after Japan said a Chinese frigate had locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese warship in a "threat of force". The world's second- and third-largest economies are at loggerheads over uninhabited Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Tokyo and Diaoyu by Beijing, which claims them. The radar incident, which Japan said happened last week, marked the first time the two nations' navies have locked ho ... read more
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China radar-lock on Japan ship 'dangerous': PM Abe
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Japan summons China envoy in island row
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China province stops some labour camp terms: media
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China police chief 'who owns hundreds of houses' sacked
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