China slams Japan over radar clash, Taiwan remarks

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China accuses Japan of military provocation after Tokyo said Chinese jets targeted Japanese aircraft with radar, as tensions escalate over Taiwan in meetings with German officials.

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00:00China has accused Japan of militarily threatening Beijing after Tokyo said Chinese fighter jets

00:06aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft, an incident Japan denounced as dangerous.

00:13Speaking during a meeting with German counterpart Johan Wadpul in Beijing,

00:17Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Japan's actions were completely unacceptable.

00:23He accused Tokyo of provoking China and threatening it militarily,

00:28just weeks after Japanese Prime Minister Sanaito Kaichi warned Japan could respond to any Chinese attack on Taiwan

00:35if Japan's security were at risk.

00:38China says Japan sent military aircraft to disrupt announced carrier-based training near the Miyako Strait.

00:45Tokyo rejects that claim, saying radar illumination by Chinese jets was a dangerous and unnecessary act.

00:52Beijing has repeatedly asserted that Taiwan is a part of China, a claim Taiwan rejects.

00:57Taipei's foreign ministry said the island has never been ruled by China

01:01and that only Taiwan's elected government can represent its 23 million people.

01:07The incident follows weeks of rising tensions

01:10as the two Asian powers trade accusations over Taiwan and regional military activity.

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