***Japan ECS Neg: Compiled 9-30-20****

China-Japan dispute over Senkaku Islands: Any conflict between the world's second- and third-largest economies could pave the way for a wider conflagration.The US is committed by treaty to Japan's defense and could get dragged into a conflict with China, in the event that Tokyo and Beijing came to blows over the disputed Senkaku Islands (called Diaoyu in Chinese) in the East China Sea. ................
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