PLA navy patrols islands
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April 18, 2013, Thursday
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A CHINESE naval fleet patrolled the waters around the Diaoyu Islands yesterday.
Composed of two warships, the Lanzhou missile destroyer and the Hengshui missile frigate, the fleet crossed the Mayako Strait on Tuesday night and arrived at the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands early yesterday.
The fleet completed a series of attack and defense drills in the west Pacific area.
Zhao Xiaogang, the commander of the fleet, said that patrolling around the Diaoyu Islands was legitimate and undisputable as the islands were Chinese territory.
The PLA navy patrolled on the day of historical significance as the Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan was signed on April 17, 1895, following China's defeat in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).
According to the treaty, China ceded Taiwan and its affiliated islands to Japan, and paid Japan the sum of 200 million Kuping taels as war indemnity. The treaty was reversed after Japan's defeat in World War II.
But tensions between the two neighboring countries boiled over after Japan's so-called "nationalization" of the Diaoyu Islands.
Composed of two warships, the Lanzhou missile destroyer and the Hengshui missile frigate, the fleet crossed the Mayako Strait on Tuesday night and arrived at the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands early yesterday.
The fleet completed a series of attack and defense drills in the west Pacific area.
Zhao Xiaogang, the commander of the fleet, said that patrolling around the Diaoyu Islands was legitimate and undisputable as the islands were Chinese territory.
The PLA navy patrolled on the day of historical significance as the Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan was signed on April 17, 1895, following China's defeat in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).
According to the treaty, China ceded Taiwan and its affiliated islands to Japan, and paid Japan the sum of 200 million Kuping taels as war indemnity. The treaty was reversed after Japan's defeat in World War II.
But tensions between the two neighboring countries boiled over after Japan's so-called "nationalization" of the Diaoyu Islands.
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