Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Xinhua
Beijing may be ‘testing Tokyo’s resolve’ with drilling missions in contested parts of East China Sea
- The two countries’ Exclusive Economic Zones overlap in East China Sea, leading to dispute over precisely where border between nations should be drawn
- An agreement between the two nations to work together to extract natural resources on hold since tensions intensified over the sovereignty of disputed islands
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Xinhua