China Wants To Prove It Has The Biggest Cojones

In an effort to prove their cojones are larger and more powerful than everyone else's the Chinese government ordered fighter jets and a early warning radar aircraft into its air defense zone to protect China from whom ever it was they perceived to be attacking them.  I'm sure it was invisible zombies  but I can't be sure. Well, because they're invisible.

China's state news agency Xinhua quoted air force spokesman Col Shen Jinke as saying several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft had been deployed to carry out routine patrols as "a defensive measure and in line with international common practices".

He said the country's air force would remain on high alert and would take measures to deal with all air threats to protect national security.

In Xinhua's Chinese language version of the article, the colonel said the aircraft would "strengthen the monitoring of targets in the air defence zone and do their duty"

Japanese restraint in the face of Chinese efforts to modify the status quo is currently keeping the peace, potentially to the detriment of Japan's claim to the island”James ManicomExpert, China-Japan security issues

China-Japan disputed islands

• The archipelago consists of five uninhabited islands and three reefs
• Japan, China and Taiwan claim them; they are controlled by Japan and form part of Okinawa prefecture
• Japanese businessman Kunioki Kurihara owned three of the islands but sold them to the Japanese state in September 2012
• The islands were also the focus of a major diplomatic row between Japan and China in 2010

China says the establishment of the zone was "completely justified and legitimate", but it has been widely condemned.