BEIJING - A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday lodged representation with Japanese ambassador to China over Tokyo's response to China's announcement on air defense identification zone.
Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Monday summoned the Japanese ambassador Kitera Masato and lodged solemn representations over Japan's unreasonable accusations over China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, which was established on Saturday, a statement from Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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