China warns Japan over intelligence station

China has warned Japan over the launch of a radar station in the East China Sea that will give Tokyo a permanent base to gather intelligence on the surrounding areas.

Japan opened the new Self Defense Forces base on Monday. The base is situated on the island of Yonaguni at the western extreme of a group of Japanese islands in the East China Sea. These islands are some 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of the disputed islands known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.

Now “we can keep watch on territory surrounding Japan and respond to all situations,” said Daigo Shiomitsu, a Ground Self Defense Forces lieutenant colonel, who commands the new base .... http://presstv.ir