Following Japan's accusations that Chinese war planes had caused probable risk of an accident when the war planes had flown within meters of Japanese military jets over the East China Sea on May 24, China hit back and laid the blame on Japan, Zeenews reports.

China claimed that Japan had created "trouble" and disturbed its "normal flight routines."

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In reaction to Japan's accusation on the May 24 incident, the Defense Ministry defended its pilots and praised them for their professionalism while in the air.

Spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, Geng Yansheng, also cited that Japanese aircrafts had disrupted missions conducted by the Chinese air force when the former had approached their planes and disturbed normal flying. He added that this has happened at least 10 times since the Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) was established, Xinhua news reported.

"We have dealt with the dangerous Japanese close surveillance, and we have evidence," Geng said.

On November 23, 2 Japanese F-15 planes closely followed a Chinese plane for about 34 minutes. The F-15s had followed the Chinese plane with a reported narrowest distance of at least 10 meters.

Spokesman for the Defense Ministry, Geng Yansheng, said that China's response to foreign military planes entering the declared ADIZ was to send military planes to investigate, determine and verify their presence within the zone.

He went on to say that this is the generally accepted practice since it is an international policy, and thus implemented by all countries in the world.

Late last year, Beijing had declared an ADIZ over a portion of the East China Sea. The ADIZ overlaps with a similarly Japan-declared zone and covers the disputed Senkaku islands, also known as Diaoyu islands by the Chinese, according to CNN.

The disputed islands are being claimed by China, arguing that it has been a part of China territory since 1534 and was only taken over by Japan during the first Sino-Japanese War. They assert that Japan was required to relinquish control over the subject territory after the Potsdam Declaration.

Japan, however insists that the islands remain a part of Japan and rejects claims that these islands were included in the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration.

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