DISPUTE. China, Japan, and South Korea intertwined in a airspace and territorial scuffle.
China sent fighter jets into East China Sea Thursday, stoking the fires of a territorial dispute with Japan. CNN reported, the People's Liberation Army Air Force flew warplanes, including Su-30 and J-11 aircraft, into the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) that Beijing announced last week. In a statement posted on the Chinese defense ministry's website, Air Force Spokesman Col. Shen Jinke said the jets conducted "routine air patrols...and fulfill the air force's historic mission," The declaration of the ADIZ was met with fierce resistance by Japan and the United States. On Thursday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said his nation's Self Defense Force had used ships and planes to patrol the East China Sea. US officials say the U.S. Japan Mutual Defense Treaty applies to the disputed islands, known as Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China, believed to have large oil reserves nearby. Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers recently flew through the area. Encounters between Chinese and Japanese planes and ships took place repeatedly over the past year.
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