China’s Top Diplomat Calls for Military Caution, Economic Cooperation With Japan

What’s new: China urged Japan to act prudently in the area of military security as the two countries’ top diplomats expressed concerns over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a phone call Thursday night.

China’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang told his counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi that Beijing hopes Tokyo can stop provocations from “right-wing forces” over the Diaoyu Islands, according to a statement on the foreign ministry’s website. Japan calls the contested islands the Senkaku Islands.