BEIJING – While Japan’s rivalry with China in the East China Sea is currently limited to competition over underground gas, pundits are fretting a more worrying possibility — a real conflict between the two major players.
Even if the countries do not mean to start a military clash, incidents in the sea could spin out of control, given the combination of distrust and lack of communication between the two countries, analysts and diplomats say.
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