We updated our previous post on the Sino-Japanese trawler incident to note that Beijing had demanded a formal apology from Tokyo and compensation for the detention of the vessel’s captain, Zhan Qixiong, both demands for which Japan has rebuffed. The question now is whether this was a final piece of bluster on Beijing’s part or is it now over-playing its hand?
My answer would be ‘yes’: http://sino-gist.blogspot.com/2010/09/reply-to-china-bystander.html