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| No |
Date |
Location |
Chinese Chair1 |
Japanese Chair2 |
Action |
| 1 |
2004, October |
Beijing, China |
Cui Tiankai |
Mitoji Yabunaka |
Official East China Sea talks begin; Japan asks for seismic data of Chunxiao fields; China offers joint development; no resolution |
| 2 |
2005, May |
Beijing |
Cui Tiankai |
Kenichiro Sasae |
China offers joint development, Japan asks China to stop drilling east of median line; no resolution reached |
| 3 |
2005, October |
Tokyo, Japan |
Cui Tiankai |
Kenichiro Sasae |
Japan offers joint development; China says X/O* trough drilling is within its sovereign territory; no resolution reached |
| 4 |
2006, March |
Beijing |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
China offers joint development of DSI∆ fields, Japan offers joint development of X/O fields and requests cessation of drilling on X/O fields; Both sides agree to study respective proposals |
| 5 |
2006, May |
Tokyo |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 6 |
2006, July |
Beijing |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
Japan requests cessation of drilling in X/O & requests information on fields; Both sides agree to form a panel of experts to help resolve disputes |
| 7 |
2007, March |
Tokyo |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 8 |
2007, May |
Beijing |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 9 |
2007, June |
Tokyo |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 10 |
2007, October |
Beijing |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 11 |
2007, November |
Tokyo |
Hu Zhengyue |
Kenichiro Sasae |
No agreements |
| 1 = Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 2 = Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Foreign Ministry; * = Xihu/Okinawa; ∆ = Daioyutai/Senkaku Islands |
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