Kitabata announced on August 7 that Japan was again requesting information from the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), asking whether CNOOC had begun developing the disputed Chunxiao gas field in the East China Sea.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe first asked the Chinese government on August 4.
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CNOOC said on its website that Zhang Guobao, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, inspected Chunxiao on July 24 and said that full-scale development and production had begun.
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