Posted on 08/21/2016 10:29:54 AM PDT by traumer
TEMPERATURE RISING:Tokyo has lodged at least 32 protests since Aug. 5 over what it says have been 30 intrusions in its waters by Chinese vessels
Tokyo yesterday protested to Beijing after Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed into territorial waters surrounding disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan said.
Four Chinese vessels entered the waters around the Japanese-controlled Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) — known as the Senkakus in Japan — at about 10am, the Japan Coast Guard said, adding that the vessels left the waters within one hour.
The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over the uninhabited islets, which Taiwan also claims. Tokyo has lodged at least 32 protests through diplomatic channels since Aug. 5 over what it said have been about 30 intrusions by Chinese vessels in the territorial waters.
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Between now a next January we and all our allies, those left that dufus and Hillary haven’t alienated are in great peril because the world knows the USA does not have your back.
How about all of our warships sitting idle in the South China Sea? I thought we were there to maintain the integrity of the international waters.
Presumably our Navy is not there just playing poker all day...
Mines are cheap.
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