Territory - Diaoyu Islands
Use of Force

First, China expressed "strong dissatisfaction" when Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan said the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands were covered by the 1950 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the US. Then, Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone reiterated the applicability of the bilateral treaty, a point a US official later endorsed, A Chinese FM spokesman called the position "absolutely unacceptable to the Chinese people". That does not mean, however, that China will fight a war against Japan and the US over Diaoyu anytime soon, as both China and Japan agreed not to let the isles dispute spill over into their overall relations.