Japan and China have agreed to establish a joint venture for development of the Chunxiao gas field in the disputed East China Sea,which lies a few kilometers west of the Japan-claimed median line,as well as in waters around Duanqiao and Longjing fields.China,which began development of the Chunxiao field,would take profits proportional to the size of investment already made.China does not recognise the Japan's median line assertion,claiming instead that its exclusive economic zone stretches further east to the edge of the continental shelf near Japan's southernmost Okinawa island.
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