China and Japan on the brink of Third World War

Against this background, a dispute over five uninhabited
islands and three barren rocks looks increasingly
dangerous.
China views the “nationalisation” of what it calls the
Diaoyu Islands by the Japanese in 2012 as a serious
provocation and will do whatever is necessary to assert its
sovereignty.
Japan, meanwhile, which calls the territory the Senkaku
Islands, is using an ever increasing number of naval ships
and warplanes to guard them and is trying to involve the
US.
If war were to break out, the US is bound by treaty to come
to the aid of Japan.
President Barack Obama has already reaffirmed his
recognition of Japan exercising its administrative rights
over the Senkaku Islands.

Source: Express