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China’s Incursion Into Japan

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China’s Incursion Into Japan
Jet fighters that took off from China's Shandong aircraft carrier are seen, south of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in this handout released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 10, 2023. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/Handout via Reuters
Anders Corr
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For the first time, according to Japan’s defense forces, a Chinese military plane intruded into Japan’s territory. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Y-9 surveillance craft violated the territorial airspace of Japan’s Danjo Islands on Aug. 26 for about two minutes. Japan responded with plans to purchase a $2 billion satellite defense network.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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