Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, speaking at a session of the UN General Assembly, accused Japan of stealing the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku in Japanese) from China. “The actions of Japan are illegal and unacceptable. The Japanese authorities can not change history, which implies that Japan had stolen the Diaoyu, and subsequently annexed the islands belonging to China,” said Yang Jiechi on Friday. “China strongly urges the Japanese government to immediately stop any activity that violates China’s sovereignty, take certain actions to correct their mistakes and return to the way of negotiations to solve this problem,” he added. “China strongly protests against the obstinacy of the Japanese leader, who takes a wrong … Continue reading Sergei Vasilenko