China warned Japan on Tuesday against playing up tension after Tokyo reportedly approved a plan to intercept and shoot down any foreign drones if they ignore warnings to leave Japanese airspace.
Chinas foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks in response to a report by Japans Kyodo news agency on Sunday, which cited a source close to the government, that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved the plan.
If confirmed, the move would signal Tokyos readiness to unilaterally respond to an increasingly acrimonious territorial dispute with Beijing over a set of islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. Last month, a Chinese military drone was reportedly spotted near Okinawa.
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Chinas foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks in response to a report by Japans Kyodo news agency on Sunday, which cited a source close to the government, that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved the plan.
If confirmed, the move would signal Tokyos readiness to unilaterally respond to an increasingly acrimonious territorial dispute with Beijing over a set of islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. Last month, a Chinese military drone was reportedly spotted near Okinawa.
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