BEIJING — The latest incident involving Japanese and Chinese forces in the East China Sea underscores how Chinese President Xi Jinping is standing firm on security even as Beijing has taken steps toward rapprochement with Tokyo in other areas.
This past week, Chinese J-15 fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Shandong flew abnormally close to a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in what Japan’s Defense Ministry has said was deliberate maneuvering.
