Japanese warships attack Chinese fishing boats

People Daily ^ | 01.16.04

[Dr. Marten]

Japanese warships attack Chinese fishing boats

Ten Japanese warships and a plane attacked two Chinese fishing boats using a water cannon Thursday night at areas off Chinese Diaoyu Islands, injuring one Chinese boatman, a Chinese activist told Xinhua.

Two fishing boats carrying 20 people from two Chinese companies and a non-governmental group were attacked about 10 nautical miles off the islands at about 7:00 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), said Li Nan, who is on the Chinese mainland and in charge of logistics and coordination for an inspection tour of sea areas off the islands.

Under the attack by high-pressure water cannons, the glass of the control cabin of a boat burst into pieces, leaving the face and hand of one boatman injured by broken pieces of glass, Li told Xinhua.

About 50 minutes later, Chinese activists aboard the boats released a monument with an inscription that says "Chinese territory Diaoyu Islands" into the sea area, Li quoted a message sent from the boats through a radio.

Li said he lost contact with the two boats since then, as their radio contact was probably jammed by the Japanese.

Li said that four Japanese warships and a plane appeared near the two Chinese fishing boats sailing in the direction of Diaoyu Islands at about 3:00 p.m. Thursday as they were about 30 nautical miles off the islands.

Two hours later, as the boats were about 20 nautical miles off the islands, the number of Japanese warships approaching the boats increased to 10, including five in front of the Chinese boats and another five behind and three planes above, said Li.

They followed the boats and did not attempt to intercept until 7:00 p.m. when the Chinese boats were about 10 nautical miles from the island.

The two boats left Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday to inspect tourism resources in the sea areas off the islands. They were scheduled to reach their destination on the morning of Jan. 16 and return on Jan. 18, organizers said Wednesday.

Located off the northeast of Keelung of Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands have been part of Chinese territory since ancient times and an important fishing area for fishermen from the southeast part of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan

Source: Xinhua

 

[Stonewall Jackson]

Many islands in this region are claimed by several different nations, including Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. In olden times, whichever nation was stronger had control of the islands. These islands were claimed by Japan at the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 (as was Taiwan, then known as Formosa), but China has tried to reclaim them for years. Note what it said about the activists releasing a monument stating that the islands were territory of China. This is similar to planting a flag and stating that you are annexing a land, whether the other side likes it or not.

[petuniasevan]

That troll was on another thread just seconds before it posted here; it gets around.

I shot it down and it cussed me out. ZOT occurs!

[maui_hawaii]

Thor lives. _{Thank goodness}

[Incorrigible]

Sayonara ChiComs!

[Gumption]

Yeah, I went here and found out quite a bit about this subject that I was ignorant of previously. I'd be curious to find out if this site is in line with how you view the situation.

It's called "ICE Case Studies - Diaoyu Islands Dispute". There are no pop-ups or any cookies taken or anything. Check it out.

[petuniasevan]

Here you are (too much time on my hands):

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[Vision]

Japanese warships attack Chinese fishing boats

Shouldn't this headline be...

Japanese spray Chinese fishing boats with water

[Gumption]

I think the question marks looked more like water than those things.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks. Appreciate it. Glad you have too much time.

[JasonC]

How about "Japan washes dirty Chinese scows off Taiwan"

[_Jim]

I would also surmize that the Chinese "fishing boats" are not just fishing boats

Nawwww - you don't mean like the old Russian spying fishing trawlers do you?

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Should read: Japanese warships attack Chinese LISTENING boats

[_Jim]

From: www.space.com/missionlaunches/guenter_wendt_011026.html

What officials did worry about was the success of their missions, the safety of their astronauts and the ever-present threat imposed by offshore Russian fishing trawlers that were loaded with a bunch of antennae and never seemed to drop any nets in the water.

"Their presence was ominous," Wendt writes in his memoirs, "The Unbroken Chain," published this month by Apogee Books of Ontario, Canada.

[bonesmccoy]

Hmmm... sounds like they got hosed! (lol)

[GATOR NAVY]

That site is not as impartial as it may appear. Notice they only use the name the Chinese name Diayutai and never even mention the Japanese name Senkaku. Check out the links they have. Every one of them is pro-Chinese anti-Japanese.

[Gumption]

Thanks. I'll factor that in.