12 July 2012 Last updated at 01:24 ET

Newspapers continue their coverage on the East China Sea islands dispute after Japan protested at the entry of Chinese patrol boats into disputed water.

Three Chinese fishery patrol boats entered the waters near the disputed islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - early on Wednesday and have since left, reports say.

Both People's Daily and its subsidiary the Global Times ran reports on their front page, saying the Chinese boats were conducting "routine patrols".

Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News said official Chinese media such as the Xinhua news agency had run prominently featured reports on the patrol on Tuesday, almost immediately after the boats had reached the area.

Reports in Beijing News said the Chinese boats had asked intercepting Japanese coast guard boats to leave.

Japan summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo to lodge a protest over the incident, but Beijing rejected the complaint, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said in Beijing on Wednesday.

China Daily reported that Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi met his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba in Phnom Penh, on the sidelines of the Asean regional forum.

Mr Yang reaffirmed China's stance on the disputed islands, and urged Tokyo to "get back to managing differences through dialogue and reconciliation," the report said.

The Beijing Times said that academics had accused the Japanese government of collaborating with right wing activists to create an impression that Tokyo has been in actual control of the islands.

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