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China Patrols Senkaku Islands, Escalating Tensions with Japan Over Taiwan Remarks
Beijing, November 16, 2025 – China has escalated tensions with Japan by conducting a “rights enforcement patrol” in the territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands on Sunday, November 16, 2025. The China Coast Guard announced that its vessel 1307 formation patrolled the area in what it described as a “lawful mission” to defend national sovereignty.
This action follows increasingly strained relations between the two countries sparked by remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on November 7. Takaichi stated in Parliament that a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo. Beijing has demanded a retraction of these statements.
China claims Taiwan as its territory and has not ruled out using force to annex the island. The recent patrol around the Senkaku Islands is seen as a further assertion of China’s claims and a direct response to Japan’s stance on Taiwan.
China and Japan have a long-standing dispute over the Japan-administered islands, which Beijing refers to as Diaoyu and Tokyo calls Senkaku.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry reported detecting 30 Chinese military aircraft and seven navy ships operating around the island in the past 24 hours, as well as a “joint combat patrol” the previous day.
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