Foreign ships, aircraft in East and South China Seas escalating tensions - China's defense ministry
Tan said Japan's annual defense paper projected a "wrong perception" of China, and "deliberately exaggerates the so-called Chinese military threat."
A ship (R) of Vietnam Marine Guard is seen near a ship of Chinese Coast Guard in the South China Sea, about 210 km (130 miles) off shore of Vietnam May 14, 2014.(photo credit: REUTERS/Nguyen Minh/File)