Senkaku clash ramps up Sino-Japanese tension

摘要

Tensions between China and Japan have risen to their highest level in more than a decade following a maritime clash involving two Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and a Chinese fishing vessel in the waters off the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands on 7 September.rnThe episode had deteriorated into an angry confrontation by late September, with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warning Japan that it would "face the consequences" if the captain of the Chinese vessel, who was arrested onrnsuspicion of ramming a Japan Coast Guard vessel with his fishing boat, was not released immediately.rnThe Chinese government took further action on 23 September by announcing that it was blocking mineral exports to Japan, the economy of which is heavily dependent on imports.