Ron Burgundy Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Vice President Joe Biden held talks in Tokyo Tuesday as Japan expressed confidence of winning fulsome US backing for its opposition to an "extremely dangerous" new Chinese air zone. Biden's tour of northeast Asia, which will also take him to Beijing and Seoul, comes as tensions in the region are at their highest for years, with China and Japan squaring off over a chain of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Nerves are particularly frayed after Beijing's proclamation of an Air Defence Identification Zone over the sea, including the disputed islands, in which it says all aircraft must obey its orders on pain of unspecified "defensive emergency measures". "China's declaration of an air defence identification zone is an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo, which can invite unexpected situations and is an extremely dangerous act," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters ahead of Biden's one-on-one with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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