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China Defends Flight Over Disputed Island

Description:These islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are at the heart of a tense dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. Tensions heightened on Thursday when a Chinese surveillance plane made a brief flight over the islets. The Japanese government protested the move and responded with a dispatch of Japanese F-15 fighter jets to patrol the area. (0:58)

Source: Reuters

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