Oil fuels Asian giants’ tensions

As well as the tensions resulting from their troubled history, Shen Dingli, an international relations specialist at China’s Fudan University, points to two contemporary problems.

First, he said that “Japan has joined the US in a military alliance that deters China’s efforts in unifying with Taiwan.” And second, the two countries are competitors for oil resources.

A recent discussion paper prepared for Japan’s Defence Agency reportedly warned that either of these issues could trigger a Chinese military attack on Japan.

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