Packed Lunches, Protests And Politics: The Japan China Island Dispute Explained -- Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph
The dispute over the sovereignty of islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, is conveniently timed for politicians in both countries, according to Telegraph correspondent Malcolm Moore.
The islands are controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing and Taipei, and tensions peaked after the Japanese government recently bought three of them from their private owners.
Several days of protests, some of them violent, raised international concerns and fears of conflict between two of the world's top three economies, with Japanese firms shutting or scaling back production in China.
However, by Wednesday the street protests in China had all but halted.
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