Chinese media has accused Japan and Australia of continuing to try and contain China despite recently signing the regional comprehensive economic partnership, comprising all three nations.
It comes after Tokyo and Canberra announced they'd reached broad agreement on a defence deal between Japan and Australia.
Patrick Fok reports from Beijing.
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