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Tensions in the East China Sea May Embroil US
China has provoked Japan and the US to fly military aircraft in disputed air space above the East China Sea. What's at stake on the ground for all three countries?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenChina has provoked Japan and the US to fly military aircraft in disputed air space above the East China Sea. We hear what's at stake on the ground for all three countries. Also, healthcare.gov is up and running better, but there's a long way to go. On today's Talking Point, protesters shouted "revolution" in the streets of Kiev today and occupied government buildings. Their target is President Viktor Yanukovich, who sided with Russia instead of the European Union.
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Vice President Biden has arrived in Japan today in the midst of that country's dispute over China's declaration of an expanded air defense identification zone. China's sudden declaration of an “ADIZ” over uninhabited islands has Japan and the US also flying military aircraft in disputed air space.
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Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on the streets of Kiev were chanting "revolution" today, escalating demands that President Victor Yanukovich step down. Yanukovich was the President thrown out by Ukraine's Orange Revolution nine years ago — and then reinstated in a subsequent election.
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