BEIJING – China accused Japan on Tuesday of “making trouble” by nationalizing the Senkaku Islands.
“On the issues concerning China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, some neighboring countries are taking actions that complicate or exacerbate the situation, and Japan is making trouble over the issue of the Diaoyu Islands,” the Chinese government said in a defense white paper, the first such report issued in two years.
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