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disputed islands

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

China Plans to Survey Disputed Islands

According to China’s mapping agency Vice Director Li Pengde on Tuesday, Beijing planned to land a survey team on the disputed islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - based on certain geological...

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

Dispute Over Islands Escalates as Japan and China Send Jet Fighters

Last week, the Chinese government sent a civilian surveillance plane, a twin propeller aircraft, to fly near the uninhabited islands at the heart of a growing feud between China and Japan. Tokyo, in response, ordered F-15 fighter jets to take...

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Apple Map App Uses Both Names for Disputed Islands

The Apple iPhone 5 uses the alternate names for the Senkaku Islands, over which Japan and China have a territorial dispute, and the Korean islets of Dokdo in its new mapping system. On the iPhone 5,which hit the...

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

China Using Satellites to Surveil Disputed Isles, Plans Drone Ops Next

The Chinese government has deployed surveillance satellites to monitor areas around disputed islands it claims in the East China and South China seas, the country's official media outlets said Monday.The People's Daily published a report in its...