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China’s new 2580-ton 310 ships

LONDON Dec. 21 news: 20, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reported that China’s fishery patrol the waters near the Diaoyu Islands will start a permanent patrol. Moreover, the report also said China plans to build in the next five years, more than five 3,000-ton boat fishery.

reports, one from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Agency officials accepted an interview on the matter – this is an unusual approach – known as China’s move is intended to challenge Japan on the Diaoyu Islands control.

this from the Bureau of Fisheries of the anonymous officials said, China displacement of more than 1,000 tons of fishery patrol boat patrol in a row to start the Diaoyu Islands. He said: “This is to protect the legitimate rights of China’s maritime interests, the future of the state can not relax this arrangement.”

11 the end of 2580 China’s new 310-ton ship left Guangzhou at the Diaoyu Islands cruise. The official believes that the just launched in September this year the ship deployed to waters near Diaoyu Island decision, China’s “unprecedented landmark initiative” – ??Japan Coast Guard vessels are patrolling the area. Report said that 310 ships equipped with two helicopters, is China’s fastest growing fishery patrol boat, the maximum speed of 22.

Diaoyu Islands in September this year, after the collision – In September, the waters near the Diaoyu Islands, has a Chinese and two Japanese coast guard tug boat collided with law enforcement, arrested the captain of China Japan – Japan Coast Guard deployed a number of ships to the waters of the tonnage in tons or more of the patrol.

reported that this piece of Japan designated as special sea area by the Japanese Coast Guard headquarters responsible for the management, rather than an officer or in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture Naha Eleventh District of Coast Guard Headquarters responsible. However, a Japanese Coast Guard officials said that Japan’s current arrangements are not sufficient for China’s continuous patrol near the Diaoyu Islands to respond.

China currently has more than 1300 boat fishery, responsible for the protection and management of Chinese fishing boats, and monitor activities in the China Sea within the competence of foreign vessels. Most of the Chinese fishery boats small and used for too long, part of the transformation from retired warship boat fishery, more than 1,000 tons of fishery patrol only nine.

within five years, China plans to build about five more than 3,000 tons of new fishery patrol. Furthermore, in order to meet the shortfall, China will use a private ship for patrol use, the “officials and the public co-operation” means to start joint patrols in the waters near the Diaoyu Islands.

According to official said that Beijing intends to emphasize its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, and for others to publish details of their monitoring activities. He said that China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea is China’s “core national interest”, its importance is equivalent to Taiwan and Tibet, China’s territorial integrity at stake.

He said: “(South China Sea) has always been one of China’s core national interests of China to other countries but not only insist on this point.” International community about this position, “China does not care about their own maritime interests. ”

reported that China is trying to claim the “first island chain” – from a series of Kyushu island to Vietnam – in control of the waters, to focus on this ” Inland Sea “submarine mineral resources, fish and other maritime interests. China’s increasingly assertive attitude towards the sea the pace of building is consistent with the Navy, now it has begun construction of a nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarine base. (Compiled: Spring)