DHAKA: China accused Japan of interfering in its recent naval exercises and said it may take unspecified further action if the meddling doesn`t stop.

The tough talk comes amid a bitter dispute over competing claims to an uninhabited island group in the East China Sea.

China defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told reporters on Thursday that a Japanese navy ship entered the exercise zone on October 25 and stayed for three days, despite a Chinese notice to ships that it’s navy would be conducting drills in the area.

Yang said Japanese ships and aircraft also lingered close by for days conducting ‘high intensity’ tracking and surveillance, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 2101 HRS, OCT 31, 2013
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