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Chinese ships sail to Diaoyu waters
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September 19, 2012, Wednesday
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THREE Chinese ships entered waters near the Diaoyu Islands yesterday, Japan's coast guard said.
A total of 11 Chinese vessels, 10 of them marine surveillance ships, sailed into the area around the islands, in a move that came as fresh anti-Japan protests rocked Chinese cities.
Three of the surveillance ships entered waters around one of the islands between 5:20pm and 6:02pm, the Japan Coast Guard said in a statement.
The 10 surveillance ships continued sailing in a fleet in the area off the largest island in the group.
A Chinese fisheries patrol boat was also seen sailing near the island but later moved close to another island in the chain. The ship told Japanese vessels it was carrying out legitimate activity, as the Diaoyu Islands were Chinese sovereign territory.
The 11 ships had all left the area by late last night.
Earlier in the day, a Japanese government spokesman said two Japanese people had swum ashore after arriving at the islands. They arrived in a small boat, a spokesman at the coast guard in Okinawa said, and were back in their boat shortly afterward.
A group of Taiwan fishermen is planning to sail to the Diaoyu Islands this week. About 60 fishing boats are expected to head for the islands on Saturday from a port in northeast Taiwan's Ilan County, said Lin Chi-shan, a co-organizer of the event.
A total of 11 Chinese vessels, 10 of them marine surveillance ships, sailed into the area around the islands, in a move that came as fresh anti-Japan protests rocked Chinese cities.
Three of the surveillance ships entered waters around one of the islands between 5:20pm and 6:02pm, the Japan Coast Guard said in a statement.
The 10 surveillance ships continued sailing in a fleet in the area off the largest island in the group.
A Chinese fisheries patrol boat was also seen sailing near the island but later moved close to another island in the chain. The ship told Japanese vessels it was carrying out legitimate activity, as the Diaoyu Islands were Chinese sovereign territory.
The 11 ships had all left the area by late last night.
Earlier in the day, a Japanese government spokesman said two Japanese people had swum ashore after arriving at the islands. They arrived in a small boat, a spokesman at the coast guard in Okinawa said, and were back in their boat shortly afterward.
A group of Taiwan fishermen is planning to sail to the Diaoyu Islands this week. About 60 fishing boats are expected to head for the islands on Saturday from a port in northeast Taiwan's Ilan County, said Lin Chi-shan, a co-organizer of the event.
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