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Somethingaboutourislandsandourcountry1NewsfromBBC:EastChinaSeatension:(headline)Chinaconductsnavalexercises.ChinaisconductingnavalexercisesintheEastChinaSea,statemediareport,amidheightenedtensionswithJapanoverislandsbothclaim.Theexercisesareaimedatsharpeningresponsetoemergenciesinmissionstosafeguardterritorialsovereignty,state-runXinhuanewsagencysaid.Theyinvolve11shipsandeightaircraft,includingvesselsfrommarinesurveillanceandfisheriesagencies.Theagencies'shipshadbeenharassedwhileindisputedwaters,itsaid.ChinasaidtheexerciseswouldtakeplaceonFriday,butgavenodetailsofthelocationintheEastChinaSea.State-runCCTVshowedmembersoftheChinesemilitary,aswellasfootageofafrigate,fighterjetsandhelicopters.China,JapanandTaiwanallclaimtheislands,calledSenkakuinJapanandDiaoyuinChina.Japancontrolstheislands,whichliesouthofOkinawaandnorthofTaiwan.Japan'srecentacquisitionofthreeoftheislandsfromtheirprivateJapaneseownersparkedbothdiplomaticandpublicprotestsinChina.SincethenshipsfrombothChinaandTaiwanhavebeensailinginandoutofwatersaroundtheislands,promptingwarningsfromJapanthatanaccidentalclashcouldcausethesituationtoescalate.Itisunlikelythe11ChineseshipswilltrytoenterJapanese-controlledwaters,butiftheydiditwouldbeamajorescalationofthedispute-fromoneinvolvingcivilianvesselstoonesexplicitlyinvolvingmilitaryshipsandaircraft,saystheBBC'sRupertWingfield-HayesinTokyo.TheUShascalledforcoolerheadstoprevailinthedispute,whichhasrumbledonforyears.USDeputySecretaryofStateWilliamBurnsvisitedbothTokyoandBeijingthisweekfortalks.ButJapanesemediareportssayJapanandtheUSareplanningajointmilitaryexerciseincomingweeksthatwillincluderetakingaremoteisland.Chinamorninground-up:China-Japandispute:NewspaperssendmixedsignalsonChina-JapanrelationsastheEastChinaSearowrumbleson.People'sDaily(人民日报)publishesafifthcommentaryonthedispute,sayingJapanmustbearthedire（可怕的）consequencesforitsperfidious（不忠的）act.Thecommentaryispromoted（提升）asthefront-pagetopstoryonitswebsite.AnothercommentarywarnsJapanesemedianottoviolate（违反）journalismethics,sayingitcalledlastweek'ssailingofaChinesenavyflotilla（小舰队）49km(30miles)southofJapan'sYonaguni（与那国岛）islandmilitaryintimidation（威胁）.Afront-pagecommentaryinthepaper'sOverseasEditionsaysJapanmustgetusedtotheChinesenavy'sseatraining.ShanghaiMorningPost（上海晨报）andothersreportUichiroNiwa,Japan'sambassadortoChina,saiditwouldbehardforrelationsbetweenthetwocountriestoreturntonormalinthenearfuture,becauseChineseyoutharetoldoftheideathatJapanisathief.Meanwhile,papersincludingBeijingNewsandGuangzhou'sSouthernMetropolisDaily（南方都市报）report64crewmembersofaChinesecargothatshipcaughtfirenearOkinawaweresaved,butnotallthereportsmakeitclearthatitwasJapan'scoastguardwhosavedthem.Thepapersalsoreportacruiseshipwith1,500touristsonboardarrivedinYatsushiro（八代）portinJapan'sKyushu（九州）regiononSaturday,sayingitwasthebiggestChinesetourgrouptovisitJapansinceJapan'spurchaseofsomeofthedisputedislands.HongKong'sMingPaoDailyNewssaysthemovehasangeredmanynetizens（网民）inChina,someofwhomarecallingthetouriststraitors（叛徒）.Butacademicstoldthepaperthetoursignalsthepossiblealleviationoftensionaheadofthe8NovemberCommunistPartynationalcongress.TheGlobalTimes'bilingualeditorial（环球时报）says:PeoplehavetherighttoexpresstheirdissatisfactionbynottravellingtoJapan.Theyarealsoallowedtoputtheirpersonalinterestsabovethenationalinterest.Thefactthatthegovernmentisnotintervening（介入）shouldbeviewedasprogress.