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China reasserts Diaoyus claim with island survey as tensions rise with Japan



China has sought to reinforce its territorial claims to a group of East China Sea islands by releasing a landscape survey of the Japanese-administered features as tensions build with Tokyo.The survey of the Diaoyu Islands – known as the Senkakus in Japan – was released on Monday by China’s Ministry of Natural Resources and covers the main island and two smaller nearby islets.“The report … supplements and improves the basic geographic data of the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islands, and…



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