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Chinese ships approached the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for the third day in a row on Sunday. The uninhabited islands are under Japanese administration, but are also claimed by China and Taiwan. Given the suspicion of gas and oil deposits, the rocks are of great strategic importance.
(dpa)
Chinese ships have again approached a group of islands controlled by Japan in the East China Sea. As announced by the Japanese coast guard on Sunday, the two Chinese ships were ordered to leave the waters around the Senkaku islands. It was the third day in a row that Chinese ships had entered Japanese territorial waters. A Japanese fishing boat is said to have been chased by the Chinese at times. Japan’s coast guard sent a patrol boat to protect the fishermen. Beijing sends ships to the area over and over, ten times this year alone, Japanese media reported.
China has sent ships to Japan’s Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea 10 times this year.
The uninhabited islands are actually under Japanese administration, but are also claimed by China and Taiwan, where the islands are called Diaoyu and Diaoyutai. Given the suspicion of gas and oil deposits, the rocks are of great strategic importance. The relationship between Japan and China, which has been strained for years due to Japan’s handling of its warlike past and disputes on the island, has recently improved again.
