Some of China’s moves over conflicting maritime claims are “dangerous actions that could trigger unanticipated situations”.
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Meanwhile, Japan said in a defense whitepaper that China “continues to act in an assertive manner”, with its actions “include unsafe acts that could cause unintended consequences”.
The new rules, which were released on Monday and took effect yesterday, come in the wake of a ruling on July 12 by an worldwide tribunal that none of the features that China controls in the Spratly island chain in the South China Sea is entitled to an EEZ.
China’s Defense Ministry has rejected accusations from Japan that the Chinese military is destabilizing the regional military balance by seeking to change the status-quo in the East and South China Seas.
It again called on Beijing to abide by the ruling of the tribunal, which China has called a fraud.
The Chinese defence minister Chang Wanquan urged his nation to prepare for a “people’s war at sea”.
TOKYO (AP) Japan called North Korea’s nuclear and missile development a “grave and imminent threat” to the region and worldwide security, and criticized China’s increasingly assertive military action as “dangerous” in its annual defense report.
The agency did not say what day he was speaking or elaborate further.
And while the ruling is only binding between Beijing and Manila, it does, however, set a legal foundation by determining that the rules of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNLCLOS) take precedence over China’s historic claims.
“The white paper issued on August 2, full of hackneyed expressions, distorts China’s justified and reasonable defence work, heightening issues in the South China Sea and the East China Sea”, Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said in a statement.
These measures are known several weeks after the global tribunal dismissed China’s claim to most of the South China Sea in an attempt to settle maritime disputes the country has with a number of other nations, including Japan and Vietnam, AFP reported.
The article mocked Australia as a “paper cat” and said if the country stepped into the contested waters, it would be an ‘ideal target for China to warn and strike’.
A file picture dated April 27, 2005 shows an aerial view of Uotsuri Island, one of the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.
“The reality is that China is there so we must discuss this”, he said.
Japan has expressed concern over Chinese land reclamation projects undertaken in the South China Sea. They cite how the rules also pledged tougher enforcement against unlicensed Chinese fishing vessels, such as barring them from leaving harbours and prosecuting the operators or owners.
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A section on North Korea says the regime, which conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and sent a satellite into orbit the following month, might be able to produce a nuclear weapon small enough to launch on a long-range missile.
