After Tokyo recently revealed that it was forced to scramble fighters 306 times last year in response to Chinese planes approaching its airspace, the Chinese response was to blame Japan for raising tensions.
The price fall corresponds with a rise in the aluminum stockpile kept by the London Metal Exchange (LME) which was sitting close to a five-year high of 519, 000 tons in mid-February, but which has since slipped marginally to 517, 000 tons, indicating the that Chinese stockpile buying might have started when LME warehouses levels were approaching a peak.