Religious differences harbour potential conflict and territorial disputes are aggravated by social and economic imbalances.
Officially, Sino-Russian relations are friendly, and territorial disputes are limited to a few islands.
The conflict, which grew out of territorial disputes, ended in a comprehensive Chinese victory.
Japan's is only the hottest of many territorial disputes between China and its Asian neighbors.
Territorial disputes, border demarcation and the pipeline fee issue are expected to feature again in future talks.
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He also blames the US for perpetrating Sino-Japanese territorial disputes to "contain" China.
That conveniently ignored the fact that the Law of the Sea is not a mechanism for resolving territorial disputes.
In Hong Kong, Beijing-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao accuses the US government of backing the Philippines in territorial disputes.
India has territorial disputes with both Pakistan and China, and most international groups and publications show the de facto boundaries.
But Turkey, whose territorial disputes with Greece remain unresolved despite a warming of the mood in the Aegean, remains unconvinced.
This ranges from compensation to concession (when framed around the territorial disputes).
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The Philippines and China have territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and engaged in a lengthy stand-off over the Scarborough shoal last year.
Mr Obama intends to raise the matter of territorial disputes in the South China Sea at the East Asia Summit in Bali at the weekend.
Of half a dozen territorial disputes in the region, the biggest is probably between the United States and Canada, over the status of the north-west passage.
One of the main reasons why the South-East Asians have prospered is that they have concentrated on economic development, setting aside old quarrels and territorial disputes.
With Japan now close to crossing swords with both Korea and China in territorial disputes, a meeting of national leaders the normal venue for such announcements looks impossible.
Most Americans are inclined to believe that such disengagement may be a reasonable step toward a two-state solution, even if some territorial disputes remain to be negotiated.
Territorial disputes, North Korea's continued dalliances with long-range missiles and nuclear bombs, and bilateral trade tensions demand attention, along with the global economic crisis and swine flu.
Clinton used her speech at the East Asia Summit to again call for the establishment of an international legal mechanism through which to solve territorial disputes in Asia.
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The short-term aim, those analysts say, is to discourage countries that have territorial disputes with China from feeling emboldened by the U.S. strategy of focusing more on Asia.
For years, their fate was hostage to Georgia's territorial disputes.
On Japan-China territorial disputes, Mr. Abe has promised to take a harder stance, which can turn the dispute into an economic war, if not to an open military confrontation.
Japanese foreign ministry official Shinsuke Sugiyama is expected to discuss territorial disputes and North Korea's recent nuclear test during his three-day visit to Beijing that started yesterday, China Daily reports.
China is locked in a series of overlapping territorial disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei, who claim either all or part of the South China Sea as their sovereign territory.
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