A recent document produced by the United States government shows that the US has never recognized Japan's claim of "sovereignty" over the Diaoyu Islands.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday urged Japan to return to negotiating with China, as a recent report indicated that Japan is looking at improving bilateral ties that have been soured by a territorial dispute.
Japanese right-wing activists illegally entered waters around China's Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, as Tokyo winked at such provocative moves.
China's assistant foreign minister on Friday warned that continuous erroneous practices by Japan will see the relationship between it and China sink like the Titanic.
The Noda administration is not seeing the forest for the trees while devoting all its energy to the Diaoyu Dao Islands. It is leaving its country’s diplomatic relations with China in a stalemate.
China's top political adviser highlighted the role of public diplomacy, rather than relying solely on official channels, during a meeting on Thursday.
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China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Thursday called on all Japanese people to work with the Chinese side to return China-Japan ties to the track of sound development.
Japanese companies are absent from the fourth session of the China International Animation Copyright Fair in Dongguan, Guangdong province.
The sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands has been settled by history and international laws, but not in the way Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda claimed in New York on Wednesday.
The Chinese government vowed further measures to guard its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands as top diplomats met in New York. Special coverage
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The Chinese government's white paper on the Diaoyu Islands has presented ample historical facts to support China's sovereignty claim over the territory, scholars worldwide agree.
More than 50 scholars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and abroad convened in Shanghai on Wednesday to defend China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands with historical and legal evidence.
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