A. Tokyo concerned that gas fields on his side of the boundary might be exhausted, sent a survey team to the area in July.
B. Japan''s gas reserves are projected at 200 billion meters, a commercially viable level.
C. Beijing proposed in June that the gas field be jointly developed, but Tokyo has jot responded, reportedly because the extent of the Chinese reserves is unknown and out of concern that the issue might inflame tensions between China and Taiwan.
D. Further to the east, Petro China has been given the green light to begin drillling for gas near the Nanxia Archipelago, a strategic area contested by Vietnam Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines.
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