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Beijing hangs tough after years

of biding its time
BY NOBUYOSHI SAKAJIRI THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2010/09/27 Share Article Print

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BEIJING--China appears intent on continuing its diplomatic 独身、彼女彼氏ナシなら。
アラサー、独身、彼女彼氏ナシ…。
offensive against Japan, even after winning the release of the
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captain of a Chinese trawler that collided with two Japan Coast
Guard vessels off the Senkaku Islands. It has called for an iPadで楽しく英語学習
apology and compensation from Japan. AWS(Asahi Weekly Select)

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headed by Hu Jintao appeared to hesitate over how to handle
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party's official newspaper, made no mention of the incident. It
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bottom of page 3, in which China was reported to have called Tips on English

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The paper's one-day silence may have reflected the
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Swiftly moving to the offensive, Beijing lodged protests against The Asahi Shimbun Asia
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Japan claims sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands, which are
called Diaoyutai in Chinese, and effectively controls them. Its
position is that there is no territorial dispute in the East China
Sea.

Beijing will have calculated that the more vociferous its

protest, the more conspicuous the issue would become
internationally.

As China strove to build up its economy, the late Deng

Xiaoping's concept of "tao guang yang hui" (hide our
capabilities, bide our time) governed its foreign and security
policies. The Asahi Shimbun Company
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China's priority was a swift modernization of its economy and

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quickly building up its military capability and it appears to kotobank 用語解説 朝日新聞出版の本
have parted from the "tao guang yang hui" policy. In recent
years, it has shown undisguised ambition in pursuing maritime [PR] 比べてお得！

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diplomacy is now established. 引越し見積もりはこちら

China appears set to further assert itself in the East China Sea,
taking advantage of the opportunities offered to it by the
"hollowing out" of the Japan-U.S. security alliance and Japan's
diplomatic frailty.

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Nobuyoshi Sakajiri is the chief of The Asahi Shimbun's China

General Bureau in Beijing.

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