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Of course it is in international airspace but the point here is the Timing, Message and Chinese Attitude.
In the Malabar 2007 addition naval exercises, Five countries had participated in it - US, India, Japan, Australia, Singapore & Australia.
China was so annoyed that they sent a demarche to the participating nations. The result was that Singapore and Australia had dropped from participating in the following years but Japan had formally re-joined US-India as permanent participant since 2015.
Malabar 2017 edition is current in progress from 10th to 17th, July 2017 in the Indian ocean with US, Japan & India participating in it.
China is trying to send a message to Japan that their bases at Miyako and Okinawa are going to targets.
Basically China is trying to put pressure on Japan to drop off from the Malabar exercises with US & India.
It's international airspace and Chinese backyard.