China Sends Patrol to Islands at Center of Japan Dispute
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China deployed patrol boats near a disputed island chain after Japan strengthened its assertion of control over them, escalating a standoff between the world’s second and third-largest economies.
The official Xinhua News Agency said two ships from the China Marine Surveillance reached waters around the East China Sea islands today. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s government earlier reached a deal to buy the islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, from a private owner for 2.05 billion yen ($26.2 million).