Zhang said Japan asking China to choose between the Japanese government and the right-wing forces "purchasing" the islands was like giving a choice between two kinds of poison.
The Noda administration is not seeing the forest for the trees while devoting all its energy to the Diaoyu Dao Islands. It is leaving its country’s diplomatic relations with China in a stalemate.
The Chinese government vowed further measures to guard its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands as top diplomats met in New York. 
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Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi reiterated China's solemn position on the issue of Diaoyu Islands.
China's historical literatures show that Diaoyu Dao was first discovered, named and exploited by China, says a white paper issued by the Chinese government on Tuesday.
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday published a white paper on Diaoyu Dao, an inherent territory of China.
There has been a sharp drop in the number of people in China and Japan harboring feelings of friendship toward the other country following a year of often turbulent relations, according to a poll conducted simultaneously in both countries.
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