3 Chinese patrol ships enter Japanese territorial waters near Senkaku Islands

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Adam Westlake in National with 6 Comments
3 Chinese patrol ships enter Japanese territorial waters near Senkaku Islands

The Japan Coast Guard has reported that three of China’s maritime surveillance ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands. The entry took place around 7:00 AM on Monday, and was the latest in a number of such violations since September of last year. Chinese ships have also been seen in the areas just outside of Japan’s territory almost without respite since the tensions erupted over the uninhabited territory.

While the patrol ships promptly left the area only about 15 minutes after entering, this incident takes place among the increasing use of military fighter jets in the airspace over the islands. Since mid-December, a number of Chinese government aircraft have been seen heading towards the East China Sea territory, prompting Japan’s Self Defense Force to deploy jets in response. Over the last few weeks, however, China’s own military fighters have begun harassing the Japanese aircraft.

Monday’s territorial violation by the ships also comes one day after China’s Foreign Ministry issued a harsh condemnation for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comments on Friday that America would oppose any unilateral action against Japan’s administration of the Senkakus. Spokesman Qin Gang stated that the Chinese government advised the U.S. to act responsibly and keep China-U.S. relations in mind.

[via The Standard]
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  • Far East

    Japanese Government and the U.S. 7th Fleet should station an airfract carrier there. That would prevent peacefully any further intrusion into Japanese territory.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bean-Cube/100000868968288 Bean Cube

      Good idea. Then Asians will start touring large size civilian protests weekly with both Japanese and Chinese around those US Fleets against war selling.

      • Far East

        Sure the Vietnamese and the Filipinos would be happy, or at least so says their opinion and expectation in response to China bullying them. At some point, you cannot just sit and do nothing. That’s by sitting and doing nothing that Hitler came to power and did horrible things.

  • EKBlue

    The Chinese bullies are at it again. So lets list out most of the territorial disputes that China is involved in shall we: Aksai Chin, South Tibet, Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, Demchok, Chumar, Kaurik, Shipki Pass, Jadh, Lapthal, Ieodo Island/Suyan Rock, Kula Kangri, Macclesfield Bank, Okinotorishima, Paracel Islands, Senkaku Islands, Shaksgam Valley, Spratly Islands, and Trans-Karakoram Tract. Did i miss any? Do you really think that your bullying tactics will help you win favor with the world? I pity you…

    • Far East

      Excellent post ! Let me just add the Scarborough Shoal and not to forget Taiwan (Republic of China), including Hainan and related islands, Heixiazi island, Penghu, Jinmen, Matsu and Pratas islands ! And also conflict with Russia with Tuva, and Heilongjiang with Inner Mogolia, the Pamir Mountains with Tajikistan, the Yalu River with South Korea, the Shagsgam Valley with Pakistan and India.

      This rogue Chinese Government has conflict with so much nations, it is amazing ! In comparison, Japan has 3 territorial conflicts :

      1) With South Korea with the Liancourt rocks (aka Takeshima / Dokdo)

      2) With Russia and the 4 northern islands that the former Soviet union has seized AFTER Japan surrender eventhough it was acting as an ally of the coalition in the only purpose to defeat Japan, and not to grab its territories

      3) With China over the Senkaku islands, which is a conflict triggered by China since it belongs to Japan for quite some time, and before that it was legally “terra nullius”, ie formally no man’s land, although the guys in Okinawa (formerly the Ryukyu KIngdom) used those islands for navigation intensively.

  • cobrawolf

    China is going crazy. What they don’t realize that Japan has already started a war with them. A currency war. It will bring into light any currency that is undervalued, like China and force them to let the market decide it’s value. It will be a devastating blow. Japan will use their aggression against them Aikido style. Japan is no push over.