Jay Hoffman comments

As of today, Japan is the largest foreign direct investor in China, they are in it for the market rather than the cheap labor. China is the largest market for Japanese exports, while Japan is the fourth-largest market for Chinese exports.

Ok Fellas can argue until you turn blue in the faces as to the question of who needs who more , but they all need each other like some co-dependent dysfunctional family

"A landing on the island by pro-Beijing nationalists"

these are the same people who burned commie flags outside the hotel where one of commies dignitaries was staying not too long ago, Nationalists maybe, but I won't characterize them as pro-Beijing

“Only a fool would believe that the US and other allies are sitting on the fence watching this from afar”

Great! The world would come to an end as we know it

“The-actual–control-of-islands” is apparently not good enough for Japan, China now will regularly send the marine surveillance ships to the disputed islands, this will come back bite Japan in the butt, to call this playing with fire would be an absurd understatement

China has been bending backwards for so long to maintain the status quo, Japan is the one that started the whole mess