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Monday, December 24, 2012

China sends three ships to contested islands


Diaoyu / Senkakus islands
Sino-Japanese maritime tensions resurfaced today with Beijing sending three surveillance ships to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, days after right-wing leader Shinzo Abe won general elections in Japan and vowed to “stop the challenge” from China over the islands.

Three Chinese marine surveillance vessels this morning entered the territorial waters around the islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkakus by Japan to carry out a patrol, state media here reported.

According to the State Oceanic Administration, the ships reaffirmed through a loudspeaker the Chinese Government’s stance that the islands belonged to China and asked six ships from the Japan Coast Guard to leave the area saying they “illegally entered the area”.

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