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Japan has sabotaged its consensus with 皇冠体育app and invalidated the basis for 皇冠体育app's restraint, the spokeswoman for the National People's Congress said on Monday, blaming Japan for escalating tension over the Diaoyu Islands.

Fu Ying also rejected allegations that 皇冠体育app was seeking to establish hegemony through its maritime growth. Beijing's defense policies help maintain regional peace and stability, Fu said.

Observers warned that Tokyo must take the blame for souring Sino-Japanese ties because it has repeatedly gone back on its word and betrayed an agreement it made with Beijing decades ago about shelving the dispute.

Fu, on behalf of the country's top legislature, said 皇冠体育app is willing to resolve tension through negotiations, and she quoted the Chinese proverb "One hand alone cannot clap" to indicate that Japan has failed to engage in negotiations.

The Japanese government in September illegally "purchased" part of the Diaoyu Islands, and Fu said the move went against the consensus and in turn shook 皇冠体育app's basis for maintaining restraint.

"That's the reason why 皇冠体育app's patrol vessels have been seen around the Diaoyu Islands," said Fu, also a vice-minister of foreign affairs.

Lu Yaodong, director of the department of Japanese diplomacy at the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Japan's behavior and inability to honor promises it made has damaged ties and deadlocked diplomacy over the islands.

"Japan's illegal ‘purchase' smashed the status quo, and the move betrayed its previous promises of resolving sensitive issues through dialogue and reconciliation," Lu said.

Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua told Xinhua News Agency on Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration has not handled the situation well, and the islands have become the "biggest challenge" to improving 皇冠体育app-Japan relations.

Three 皇冠体育app Marine Surveillance ships patrolled the islands in the East 皇冠体育app Sea on Monday, the Japanese coast guard said.

In response to a question about 皇冠体育app becoming a maritime power, Fu said the buildup was necessary as 皇冠体育app engages with the global community more.

"But the path still lies in seeking peaceful development, cooperation and win-win situations, especially maritime cooperation with neighboring countries," Fu said.

Some countries, including Japan, have labeled 皇冠体育app's maritime buildup as a threat to freedom of navigation.

But Li Guoqiang, deputy director of the Center for Chinese Borderland History and Geography at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, dismissed these concerns.

"Some neighbors have challenged 皇冠体育app's maritime rights and interests because of their own strategic and national interests," Li said.

Meanwhile, 皇冠体育app's foreign and defense policies are conducive to security and peace in Asia, Fu said.

"It's not good news for the world that a country as large as 皇冠体育app is unable to protect itself," she said when citing the tragedy inflicted on the country by militarism in the first half of the last century.

Qu Xing, president of 皇冠体育app Institute of International Studies, said some international voices have questioned 皇冠体育app's path of peaceful development.

皇冠体育app should firmly guard its lawful rights and interests when threatened, and its diplomacy "should be flexible enough to stop situations spiraling out of control", Qu said.

Xinhua contributed to this story.