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China halts Japan talks as sea dispute heats up
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September 11, 2010, Saturday
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China has decided to postpone a negotiation with Japan on the East China Sea issue scheduled for mid-September as part of its response to the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat by the Japanese Coast Guard, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said last night.
"The Japanese side has ignored China's repeated solemn representations and firm oppositions, and obstinately decided to put the Chinese captain under the so-called judiciary procedures. China expresses strong discontent and grave protest to the move," Jiang said.
"The Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent islets have been Chinese territory since ancient times. Japan's acts have violated the law of nations and basic international common sense, and is ridiculous, illegal and invalid," Jiang said.
"Japan would reap as it has sown, if it continues to act recklessly."
Earlier in the day, China demanded that Japan immediately release the captain of the fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near China's Diaoyu Islands. But a Japanese court ruled he can be held 10 more days, deepening the diplomatic spat.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the demand to Ambassador Uichrio Niwa after the Japanese envoy was summoned for the third time over the crash.
Hours after Yang's protest, a Japanese court allowed prosecutors to keep the captain in custody until September 19 before deciding whether to press charges against him, Naha District Court spokesman Yasuhide Yamashiro said.
The collisions occurred on Tuesday when two Japanese patrol vessels collided with the Chinese fishing boat near Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
Yang told Niwa yesterday that captain Zhan Qixiong, 41, his crew and boat had to be freed immediately, a ministry statement said.
In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told a news conference yesterday that it was regrettable that Niwa had been summoned by the Chinese foreign minister.
"The Japanese side has ignored China's repeated solemn representations and firm oppositions, and obstinately decided to put the Chinese captain under the so-called judiciary procedures. China expresses strong discontent and grave protest to the move," Jiang said.
"The Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent islets have been Chinese territory since ancient times. Japan's acts have violated the law of nations and basic international common sense, and is ridiculous, illegal and invalid," Jiang said.
"Japan would reap as it has sown, if it continues to act recklessly."
Earlier in the day, China demanded that Japan immediately release the captain of the fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near China's Diaoyu Islands. But a Japanese court ruled he can be held 10 more days, deepening the diplomatic spat.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the demand to Ambassador Uichrio Niwa after the Japanese envoy was summoned for the third time over the crash.
Hours after Yang's protest, a Japanese court allowed prosecutors to keep the captain in custody until September 19 before deciding whether to press charges against him, Naha District Court spokesman Yasuhide Yamashiro said.
The collisions occurred on Tuesday when two Japanese patrol vessels collided with the Chinese fishing boat near Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
Yang told Niwa yesterday that captain Zhan Qixiong, 41, his crew and boat had to be freed immediately, a ministry statement said.
In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told a news conference yesterday that it was regrettable that Niwa had been summoned by the Chinese foreign minister.
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