Why in news A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, in the latest move by Beijing...
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A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, in the latest move by Beijing to anger the close U.S. ally Japan
The vessels sailed near the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea
Senkaku island
The Senkaku Islands, also known as the Pinnacle Islands or the Diaoyu Islands in China and as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan.
The islands are located northeast of Taiwan, east of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands.
The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan
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