"If Japan wants to arrange a meeting to resolve problems, they should stop with the empty talk and doing stuff for show," Li said, when asked about the possibility of a meeting of Chinese and Japanese leaders on the sidelines of the G20.
A number of boats and plans from both Japan and China have sailed close to, or into, or nearby the islands, as both countries try to legitimize their claim the islands in what could only be described as "well, he started it!" diplomacy.
Japan's Coast Guard said on Tuesday that three Chinese Coast Guard vessels had entered what Japan considered to be its territorial waters near the disputed islands. China said the trip was a routine patrol in its own waters.
Technically, the islands are owned by Japan, but China says that historically, they are Chinese. The dispute is one of many that the Japanese and Chinese have been at loggerheads at, with the Chinese seeking every opportunity to antagonize the Japanese. Abe has, in recent months sought to cool tensions between the two countries, but failed to win any brownie points in Beijing when he sent a gift bought with his own money to a controversial Shinto Shrine that honors convicted war criminals.
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