China, Japan on the Brink of War!

• China, Japan on the brink! 
  by John Garnaut, http://www.smh.com.au/ 
  Chinese warships have pointed missile radars at Japanese military  targets  and taken the two regional powers to the brink of “a dangerous  situation”, say  Japanese officials.
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  The news overnight marks a dangerous escalation of a four-month  diplomatic  and military stand-off between Australia’s two largest  trading partners,  involving disputed islets in the East China Sea.
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  Japan’s defence minister, Itsunori Onodera, told reporters last night that a  Chinese frigate pointed a missile control radar at the Japanese destroyer  Yuudachi on January 30.
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  “Something like fire-control radar was directed at a Japan  Self-Defense  Maritime escort ship in the East China Sea,” Mr Onodera  told reporters in  Tokyo.
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  He also said a Chinese vessel had similarly targeted a Japanese ship-based  helicopter two weeks earlier. “This is extremely abnormal behaviour,” Mr Onodera said. “One step in the wrong direction could have pushed things into a dangerous  situation,” he said.
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  China Tuesday night  called for calm. In a statement issued ahead of  Japan’s accusation, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman urged Japan “to stop all  provocative actions” including sending vessels and planes to the Diaoyu Islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese.
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  “We hope Japan can take actions to show sincerity and willingness  to  work with China through talks and negotiations to control and  manage the  current situation,” said spokesman Hua Chunying.
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