China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with US island remarks

China called for Washington to be ‘careful in words, cautious in actions’


Beijing: China said it was “strongly dissatisfied” Sunday after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo’s control of disputed islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row.

China is “strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposes” the remarks, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement on the ministry’s website.

China has since increased maritime and air patrols near the East China Sea territory.

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