Ties between China and Japan, Asia's two largest economies, have been strained of late after a growing number of Chinese coastguard and other government ships sailed near disputed islets in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
由于越来越多的中国海警船和其他政府船只在中国东海上有争议的小岛（日本称之为尖阁列岛，中国称之为钓鱼岛）附近航行，中国和日本这两个亚洲最大的经济体之间的关系近来趋于紧张。