China/Japan/East China Sea: China Answers Japan Oil Rig Concern with Joint-Development Offer

Jul 24, 2015 | Bloomberg
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China repeated a call Friday for talks with Japan over joint development of gas and oil resources in contested waters in the East China Sea. The offer comes days after Japan disclosed a map and photographs of what it said were 16 Chinese marine platforms close to Japan’s side of a geographical median line that it contends should mark the border between their exclusive economic zones. Japan has yet to respond to China’s latest call.