China Blasts Clinton’s Comments Regarding Japan Island Dispute
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China criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for saying the U.S. opposes any effort to disrupt Japan’s administration of islands at the heart of a territorial dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies.
Clinton’s comments last week “are ignorant of facts,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday in comments posted on the ministry’s website. The U.S. can’t be “held hostage” by Japan in the conflict, a commentary in China’s People’s Daily newspaper today said. Three Chinese marine surveillance ships entered Japanese-administered waters today, the Coast Guard said in a statement.