China Officially Labels Senkakus A ‘Core Interest’ -- Japan Times
BEIJING – The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced for the first time Friday that China regards the Senkaku Islands a “core interest.”
“The Diaoyu Islands are about sovereignty and territorial integrity. Of Course, it’s China’s core interest,” ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a press conference, using China’s name for the Japanese-administered isles in the East China Sea. Taiwan claims the isles as the Tiaoyutai.
China usually uses core interest when addressing such hot potato issues as Taiwan, Tibet and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Now Beijing has clarified that it also pertains to the Senkakus.
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