China's Defence Ministry immediately refuted a report on Monday by Japan's Kyodo news agency that said unnamed "senior Chinese military officials" admitting recently, and for the first time, that a Chinese warship did lock weapons-guiding radar on a Japanese destroyer on 30 January.

BBC: China media: Japan radar lock

On July 5th Kyodo, a news agency, reported that 21 Chinese were among 27 foreign trainees who died last year on a government-sponsored skills-transfer scheme for developing countries that over the past four years has brought in an average of 94, 000 workers a year, mostly from China.

ECONOMIST: The Chinese in Japan

Southern Metropolis Daily notes that when Chinese reporters laughed at a question by a correspondent of Japan's Kyodo News on the possibility of Beijing's diplomacy becoming "more aggressive", Fu Ying said the laughs did not reflect the majority of views in China.

BBC: China media: NPC spokeswoman praised