em, froze, making diplomatic signaling difficult across the East China Sea. Appendix 2 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020625 --- PAGE BREAK --- 167 Okinawa and Senkaku/Diaoyu Debates The clearest case of covert meddling occurs far south of Tokyo in Okinawa, the ancient island-kingdom which is geographically closer

the Senkaku/Diaoyu, and the ADIZ Some may argue that China is clearly adopting a more assertive policy in East Asia - using the South China Sea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute, or the Air Defense Identification Zone as examples. However, there is a difference, and this has to do with the "sphere of in