{"id":53927,"date":"2021-02-24T20:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/24\/china-says-japan-us-security-treaty-a-product-of-cold-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:19:32","slug":"china-says-japan-us-security-treaty-a-product-of-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/02\/24\/china-says-japan-us-security-treaty-a-product-of-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"China says Japan-US security treaty a product of Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEIJING \u2014 China on Wednesday called the Japan-U.S. mutual security pact a product of the Cold War following U.S. criticism of the presence of Chinese coast guard vessels in Japanese-claimed territorial waters over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also reasserted China\u2019s claim to a string of tiny, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verbal exchange followed reports that two Chinese coast guard ships on Sunday twice entered Japanese territorial waters surrounding the islands, known by Japan as Senkaku and by China as Diaoyu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby on Tuesday said China had \u201ccontinued to flout international rules<\/a>\u201d and the U.S. would work with its allies to address such challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\t