28 September 2012 Last updated at 00:09 ET <\/p>\n
A war of words over islands claimed by both Japan and China continued at the United Nations, as the US called for cooler heads to prevail. <\/p>\n
In a speech, China's foreign minister accused Japan of stealing the islands, which lie in the East China Sea. <\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the Japanese prime minister called the archipelago an \"inherent part\" of Japanese territory. <\/p>\n
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had urged both to \"engage in dialogue to calm the waters\", a diplomat said. <\/p>\n
The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are also claimed by Taiwan. South of Okinawa and north of Taiwan, they are controlled by Japan. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the Japanese government bought the islands from their private Japanese owner, reigniting a territorial row that has rumbled for years. <\/p>\n
The row has seen a ceremony meant to mark Sino-Japanese ties cancelled and a number of Japanese businesses briefly halt production in some Chinese cities because of protests. <\/p>\n
Both Chinese and Taiwanese fishing boats and surveillance ships have also been sailing in and out of what Japan says are its territorial waters - leading to warnings from Tokyo. <\/p>\n
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's comments came as he gave China's address to the UN General Assembly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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