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Chinese Coastguard Ships Approached Disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

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Chinese Coastguard Ships Approached Disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

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Chinese Coastguard Ships Approached Disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Paolo Bayas/Released

A few stories on Asian security you may have missed in the last week:

Chinese ships back near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Japan’s Coast Guard identified three Chinese coast guard ships inside Japan’s territorial waters off the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea over the weekend. The Chinese vessels spent around two hours in Japan’s territorial waters. The incursion is the first since September 19. Separately, one of the two Japanese men detained by China on charges of espionage in May was arrested on the Nanji islands in the East China Sea. The Nanji island chain is roughly 300 kilometers northwest of the Senkakus (which are uninhabited). China is supposedly building a military outpost on the islands; imagery released earlier in the year by IHS Jane‘s shows a heliport and other military facilities.

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