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China's surveillance ships enter waters near Diaoyu Islands
By Yang Jian |
September 25, 2012, Tuesday
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TWO Chinese marine surveillance ships sailed into waters near the Diaoyu Islands again yesterday to undertake a rights defence patrol and carry out law enforcement activities, the State Oceanic Administration of China said.
It was the second time Chinese ships had entered the area near the islands after surveillance ships sailed there last Tuesday to exercise China's administrative jurisdiction over the islands.
"The Haijian 46 and Haijian 66 are carrying out the legitimate activities in accordance with relevant laws of the People's Republic of China," the administration said in a statement.
Five Chinese ships were patrolling around the islands yesterday morning and two entered an area 12 nautical miles from the islands that was also "patrolled" by Japanese ships at around 6am, Japan's coast guard said.
The Japanese ships reacted with "high alert" measures to ask the Chinese ships to leave via radio but this was rejected.
"China has just exercised its administrative jurisdiction over the islands and its surrounding waters by conducting the patrol," the administration said.
Besides the two surveillance ships, there were nine Chinese fishery patrol ships near the islands.
Meanwhile, a group of fishermen from Taiwan said that as many as 100 boats escorted by 10 Taiwan Coast Guard vessels were headed for the area yesterday. Taiwan television showed boats bound for the islands leaving the port of Suao in heavy rain. News reports said bad weather could delay their arrival, which had been expected late last night or early this morning.
The Taiwan fishing group said their boats would sail around the islands to reassert their right to fish there and did not rule out trying to land on the rocky isles, Reuters reported.
Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply after Japan illegally bought the islands from so-called private owners earlier this month, sparking anti-Japanese protests across China.
Worries are simmering that the row could hurt the economic ties. China is Japan's largest trading partner. In 2011, their bilateral trade grew 14.3 percent to a record US$345 billion.
Tokyo's Nikkei China 50 index, composed of stocks of Japanese companies with significant exposure to the world's second-largest economy, has shed around 1.3 percent on concerns over the dispute.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Japanese carmakers saw a 90 percent drop in showroom traffic and a 60 percent fall in sales in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, the largest market for Japanese brands, since the beginning of the anti-Japan protests, according to Reuters.
Some 40 Japanese troops and 2,200 US Marines, meanwhile, are conducting a joint drill on and around the US territory of Guam aimed at improving their ability to defend remote islands, Japan's defence ministry said.
The exercise which began on August 21, runs until Wednesday.
It was the second time Chinese ships had entered the area near the islands after surveillance ships sailed there last Tuesday to exercise China's administrative jurisdiction over the islands.
"The Haijian 46 and Haijian 66 are carrying out the legitimate activities in accordance with relevant laws of the People's Republic of China," the administration said in a statement.
Five Chinese ships were patrolling around the islands yesterday morning and two entered an area 12 nautical miles from the islands that was also "patrolled" by Japanese ships at around 6am, Japan's coast guard said.
The Japanese ships reacted with "high alert" measures to ask the Chinese ships to leave via radio but this was rejected.
"China has just exercised its administrative jurisdiction over the islands and its surrounding waters by conducting the patrol," the administration said.
Besides the two surveillance ships, there were nine Chinese fishery patrol ships near the islands.
Meanwhile, a group of fishermen from Taiwan said that as many as 100 boats escorted by 10 Taiwan Coast Guard vessels were headed for the area yesterday. Taiwan television showed boats bound for the islands leaving the port of Suao in heavy rain. News reports said bad weather could delay their arrival, which had been expected late last night or early this morning.
The Taiwan fishing group said their boats would sail around the islands to reassert their right to fish there and did not rule out trying to land on the rocky isles, Reuters reported.
Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply after Japan illegally bought the islands from so-called private owners earlier this month, sparking anti-Japanese protests across China.
Worries are simmering that the row could hurt the economic ties. China is Japan's largest trading partner. In 2011, their bilateral trade grew 14.3 percent to a record US$345 billion.
Tokyo's Nikkei China 50 index, composed of stocks of Japanese companies with significant exposure to the world's second-largest economy, has shed around 1.3 percent on concerns over the dispute.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Japanese carmakers saw a 90 percent drop in showroom traffic and a 60 percent fall in sales in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, the largest market for Japanese brands, since the beginning of the anti-Japan protests, according to Reuters.
Some 40 Japanese troops and 2,200 US Marines, meanwhile, are conducting a joint drill on and around the US territory of Guam aimed at improving their ability to defend remote islands, Japan's defence ministry said.
The exercise which began on August 21, runs until Wednesday.
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