Japan refers to China helicopter surveillance Japanese ship foreign ministry said normal cruise

Xinhua News (reporter Shiwei) yesterday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, the Japanese side said recently that the Chinese helicopter in the East China Sea surveillance Japanese destroyer, said the Chinese helicopter is normal cruise law enforcement activities.

According to media reports, Japan said the Chinese state Oceanic Administration helicopters 26th in the East China Sea too close and surveillance of Japanese destroyers. The Japanese side has made representations to the Chinese side as it is extremely "regrettable" when it is busy with post-disaster reconstruction.

In response, Jiang said that China's position on the East China Sea issue is clear and consistent. The Chinese helicopter system carries out normal cruise law enforcement activities and maintains the necessary safe distance with the Japanese ships. It has nothing to do with the ongoing disaster relief activities in Japan. It should be pointed out that the two sides of the East China Sea in some areas have different views, the Japanese side should take a responsible attitude on the issues, stop doing what should not be done to prevent further complications, affect the overall situation of bilateral relations.

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China's solemn representations on Japanese textbooks

A reporter asked, there are media reports, the Japanese Ministry of Science and Technology published a new edition of the text of the examination results, all 7 publishers published social textbooks are claimed that the Diaoyu Island is Japanese territory. What is China's comment on this?

Jiang said that the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands have been China's inherent territory since ancient times, and China has indisputable sovereignty over it, and any attempt to change this fact is futile. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has made solemn representations to the Japanese side.