Chinese ships were spotted near a group of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for the 100th straight day on Wednesday, the longest streak since Tokyo put them under state control in 2012.Japan said China's repeated dispatch of vessels to the Senkakus is an "extremely serious" issue, prompting Tokyo to beef up patrols and lodge protests with Beijing.In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters later in the day that China does not accept such protests by Japan as the islets have been its "inherent territory since ancient times."China has an "inhere…READ FULL ARTICLE
