Wednesday 31 December 2008

Territory -- Diaoyu Islands
Law of the Sea

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said two Chinese survey ships spending nine hours within the territorial waters off the Diaoyu Islands was "irreproachable". Japan lodged a protest and demanded to know the purpose of the intrusion. The answer seems to have been supplied by a Chinese publication, which claimed that the ships were "on an official mission to enforce the law" and called it a "landmark" achievement.

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