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
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China-Japan relations
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Xinhua