Japan ‘provoked trouble by trying to change status quo of Diaoyu Islands’ The outdated thinking of “the zero-sum game” has prompted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to frequently label China as a troublemaker and an obstacle to a rising Japan, analysts said. In response, Beijing sent a clear warning to Tokyo on Monday that it was Japan that provoked trouble by attempting to change the status quo of China’s Diaoyu Islands. Amid the widely known standoff between China and Japan, the hawkish Japanese leader accused China of using its armed forces to change the status quo. Abe made the accusations in an interview published on Saturday in The Wall Street…