http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/world/asia/in-speech-organized-by-beijing-ex-diplomat-calls-islands-dispute-with-japan-a-time-bomb.html?ref=world&_r=0&pagewanted=print

 

 

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October 30, 2012

Ex-Envoy Says U.S. Stirs China-Japan Tensions

By JANE PERLEZ and KEITH BRADSHER

HONG KONG — A longtime Chinese diplomat warned Tuesday that the United States is using Japan as a strategic tool in its effort to mount a comeback in Asia, a policy that he said is serving to heighten tensions between China and Japan.