Li Keqiang, China's premier, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Li said his country wants to resolve disputes in the South China Sea through dialogue and urged Southeast Asian nations to spur more trade and investment. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Anti-Japanese demonstrators march during a protest over the disputed Diaoyu islands, known as Senkaku in Japan, outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on September 12, 2012. China has dispatched two patrol ships to \"assert its sovereignty\" over islands at the centre of a row with Japan, state media said on September 11, as Tokyo completed its purchase of the disputed territory. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (credit:AFP時事)
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Workers from Japanese company, Meiko Electronics (Wuhan) Limited, march with anti-Japan banners during a protest against Japan\'s \"nationalizing\" of Diaoyu Islands, also called Senkaku in Japan, in Wuhan, central China\'s Hubei province, on Septermber 18, 2012. Firms ranging from electronics giants Sony and Panasonic to Japan\'s three big carmakers -- Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- temporarily halted production at some or all of their China-based plants as anger erupted over a disputed island chain claimed by Tokyo and Beijing. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (credit:AFP時事)