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April 10, 2013

Three Chinese ships in disputed waters: Japan
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2013
Chinese government ships temporarily entered the territorial waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said. The three surveillance ships were navigating for about five and a half hours in the 12-nautical-mile limit around the Senkakus, which Beijing claims and calls the Diaoyus, the coastguard said. They had all left the area by 3:40 pm (0640 GMT), it added. Chinese government ships have frequently spent time around the disputed island chain since Tokyo nati ... read more

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