Editing People's Liberation Army Navy (section)

====Senkaku Islands dispute====
The [[Senkaku Islands dispute]] concerns a territorial dispute over a group of [[Desert island|uninhabited islands]] known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, the [[Senkaku Islands]] in Japan,<ref name="name cnn">{{cite news |last=Ogura |first=Junko |title=Japanese party urges Google to drop Chinese name for disputed islands |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-14/world/japan.google.disputed.islands_1_diaoyu-islands-chinese-fishing-captain-senkaku-islands?_s=PM:WORLD |newspaper=CNN World |date=14 October 2010 |agency=CNN |location=US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004161611/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-14/world/japan.google.disputed.islands_1_diaoyu-islands-chinese-fishing-captain-senkaku-islands?_s=PM%3AWORLD |archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref> and [[Senkaku Islands|Tiaoyutai Islands]] in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/look-out-for-the-diaoyu-islands/ |title=Look Out for the Diaoyu Islands |last=Kristof |first=Nicholas |date=10 September 2010 |work=The New York Times|access-date=15 August 2012}}</ref> Aside from a 1945 to 1972 [[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands|period of administration by the United States]], the archipelago has been controlled by Japan since 1895.<ref>{{cite web|author=John W. Finney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/11/archives/senate-endorses-okinawa-treaty-votes-84-to-6-for-islands-return-to.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027042715/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/11/archives/senate-endorses-okinawa-treaty-votes-84-to-6-for-islands-return-to.html |archive-date=27 October 2018 |url-status=unfit |title=Senate Endorses Okinawa Treaty – Votes 84 to 6 for Island's Return to Japan – Rioters There Kill a Policeman Senate, in 84 to 6 Vote, Approves the Treaty Returning Okinawa to Japan – Front Page |work=The New York Times |date=11 November 1971 |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> The People's Republic of China disputed the proposed U.S. handover of authority to Japan in 1971<ref>[[Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea]] (NILOS). (2000). {{Google books|6GOVS_0Zm6oC|''International Organizations and the Law of the Sea,'' pp. 107–108.|page=107}}</ref> and has asserted its claims to the islands since that time.<ref>Lee, Seokwoo ''et al.'' (2002). {{google books|MZGsi1ptLvoC|''Territorial disputes among Japan, Taiwan and China concerning the Senkaku Islands,'' pp. 11–12.|page=11}}</ref> Taiwan also has claimed these islands.  The disputed territory is close to key shipping lanes and rich fishing grounds, and it may have major oil reserves in the area.<ref name="BBCQnA">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11341139 "Q&A: China-Japan islands row"] ''[[BBC News]]'' 11 September 2012</ref>

On some occasions, ships and planes from various mainland Chinese and Taiwanese government and military agencies have entered the disputed area. In addition to the cases where they escorted fishing and activist vessels, there have been other incursions. In an eight-month period in 2012, over forty maritime incursions and 160 aerial incursions occurred.<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan Will Have Busy Year Defending Islands Against China | author=Richard D. Fisher Jr. |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/awmobile/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_02_25_2013_p15-544303.xml |newspaper=Aviation Week |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=5 March 2013 |quote=Between March and November, 47 Chinese ship incursions were recorded. From April to December, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled fighters 160 times in response to Chinese aircraft in the East China Sea, up from 156 in 2011. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104125823/http://www.aviationweek.com/awmobile/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_02_25_2013_p15-544303.xml |archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> For example, in July 2012, three Chinese patrol vessels entered the disputed waters around the islands.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/Chinese-ships-near-disputed-islands-Japan/Article1-886758.aspx |title=Chinese ships near disputed islands: Japan |date=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111021822/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/Chinese-ships-near-disputed-islands-Japan/Article1-886758.aspx |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref>

Military escalation continued in 2013. In February, Japanese Defense Minister [[Itsunori Onodera]] claimed that a Chinese frigate had [[Missile lock-on|locked weapons-targeting radar]] onto a Japanese destroyer and helicopter on two occasions in January.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Protests Chinese Ship's Alleged Use of Radar to Guide Missiles |first=Steve |last=Herman |date=5 February 2013 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-warship-locked-prefiring-radar-on-japanese-navy-tokyo/1597325.html |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=6 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207120727/http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-warship-locked-prefiring-radar-on-japanese-navy-tokyo/1597325.html |archive-date=7 February 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Japan Accuses China of Using Weapons Radar on Ship |first=Mari |last=Yamaguchi |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ASIA_DISPUTED_ISLANDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-02-05-09-22-53 |agency=Associated Press|date=5 February 2013 |access-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208012003/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ASIA_DISPUTED_ISLANDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-02-05-09-22-53 |archive-date=8 February 2013 }}</ref> A Chinese [[Type 053H3 frigate|Jiangwei II class frigate]] and a Japanese destroyer were three kilometers apart, and the crew of the latter vessel went to battle stations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stopping short of war |author=Eric S Margolis |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/11-Feb-2013/stopping-short-of-war |newspaper=The Nation |publisher=Nawaiwaqt Group of Newspapers |date=11 February 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215141510/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/11-Feb-2013/stopping-short-of-war |archive-date=15 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chinese state media responded that their frigates had been engaged in routine training at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title=China refutes Japan's allegations on radar targeting |first=Bi |last=Mingxin |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-02/08/c_132160506.htm |newspaper=Xinhua |publisher=Xinhua Network Corporation Limited |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211070028/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-02/08/c_132160506.htm |archive-date=11 February 2013}}<br />{{cite news |title=China Denies Directing Radar at Japanese Naval Vessel and Copter |first=Chris |last=Buckley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/world/asia/china-denies-directing-radar-at-japanese-military.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 February 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 }}</ref>