# Pressuring Japan and testing the US: What signals is China sending with a new East China Sea structure?

https://mins.news/en/item/13090

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-05 00:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/ckgv49zxy2zo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Japan has protested China’s installation of a new structure in the East China Sea. A newly released defence white paper describes China as the “unprecedented greatest strategic challenge.” Analysts suspect Beijing may be using a grey-zone strategy to test how firmly the United States is committed to its Indo-Pacific allies. The development is therefore being viewed through both Japan-China tensions and wider questions about US regional resolve.

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