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Saturday, November 23, 2013

China bolsters East China Sea claim, warns of 'defensive measures'

Y-8China on Saturday laid claim to a block of airspace over islands at the heart of a dispute with Japan in the East China Sea, threatening "defensive emergency measures" against aircraft that do not comply with new identification rules.

The Xinhua news agency published a map and coordinates of the area It called "the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone" as well as Defence Ministry identification rules for aircraft in the area, which covers most of the Sea.

The rules are likely to anger Japan.

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