Sources: BBC
Taiwan reports the largest incursion into its air defence identification zone to date by People's Liberation Army Air Force warplanes. Twenty-five aircraft entered its airspace, including nuclear-capable H-6K bombers and anti-submarine aircraft. The Chinese fleet flew in an area close to the disputed Pratas Island, according to Taiwan's Defence Ministry. 2021-04-12
For the second consecutive day, Taiwan reports an incursion of its air defense identification zone by China's People's Liberation Army Air Force. The incursion involved 12 fighter jets, two anti-submarine aircraft and a reconnaissance plane. Taiwan deployed air defence missile systems in response, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. 2021-01-24
For the first time the United States seizes a North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal in the East China Sea sailing toward Indonesia. The ship is suspected of violating sanctions. 2019-05-9
As part of its wider military build up along the Japanese archipelagos in the East China Sea, Japan activates a new radar station on the island of Yonaguni that is close to the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2016-03-28
A military parade is held in Beijing featuring 12,000 members of the People's Liberation Army, 500 vehicles and 200 People's Liberation Army Air Force air craft. Women of the Chinese military are allowed to participate in this particular parade for the first time. 2015-09-3
China deploys fighter jets to the Chinese Air Defense Identification Zone, as tensions escalate further over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. 2013-11-29
Japanese jets scramble to react to Chinese military aircraft which flew close to the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2011-03-3
Eleven Chinese fishermen are missing after their fishing boat sinks in the East China Sea. [http:--wrbsyndicate.com-News-Eleven-Chinese-missing-after-fishing-boat-sinks-in-East-China-Sea (BNO via WR Berkley)]date=August 2019 2011-02-28
Yang Jiechi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, calls for Japan to immediately release a fishing boat captain captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea. 2010-09-10
Japan detains a Chinese fishing boat found near the disputed Pinnacle Islands in the East China Sea. 2010-09-8