Tokyo is wary of Beijing's growing hard power, as well as its increasing political and military alignment with Moscow.
A flotilla of Chinese navy ships appears to be returning home after a week of operations in the Western Pacific, according to Japanese geospatial data released on Wednesday.Photographs captured by ships and aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force showed the Chinese warships Zhengzhou and Anyang, which had been in the Pacific from at least April 2, said a report by the Joint Staff under the Japanese Defense Ministry.
The electronic intelligence vessel, capable of tracking enemy missiles hundreds of miles away, has been known to appear during sensitive weapons tests.The three Chinese ships sailed north together via the Miyako Strait, the Joint Staff report said. The strait sits between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa and is one of the few international waterways Beijing's naval forces can use to exit the first island chain, making it a potential choke point in wartime.
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