Japan’s Move in East China Sea Makes Conflict ”Inevitable” – Report

Japan is stamping on China’s maritime rights by granting Japanese firm Teikoku Oil Co the right to test drill for gas and oil in a part of the East China Sea disputed by the two countries and muddying the waters of the East China Sea, the China Daily said in an editorial Saturday.

Japan’s move could lead to confrontation with China, it warned, citing that the Chinese government’s calls to solve the dispute through negotiation have fallen on deaf ears in Japan.

Giving Teikoku the go-ahead to test drill is a move which makes conflict between the two nations inevitable, though what form this clash will take is hard to tell, the daily said.
People’s Daily Online