'Extremely Serious' Incursion: China Sends Flotilla Armed With Cannons To Japan's Senkaku Islands

https://www.ibtimes.com ^ | 09/17/21 AT 6:57 AM | By Meera Suresh

[RomanSoldier19]

hina sent seven coast guard ships, four outfitted with cannons, to the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands last month, in another instance of its willingness to use military might to outwear nations which dispute its territorial claims.

This "extremely serious" incursion in the East China Sea drew Japanese ire, prompting Tokyo to register its protest with Beijing, reported Stars and Stripes.

China has laid claim to the chain of uninhabited islands that lie 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo since the 1970s. Currently, Japan administers and controls the island, as part of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.

The flotilla was spotted near the islands, called Diaoyu Islands in China, on Aug. 30, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman told Stars and Stripes Thursday. The spokesman added that this was nearly double the usual contingent of Chinese ships patrolling the area and the largest since 2016.

"We consider this incident extremely serious," the spokesman said. "The Japanese coast guard is always prepared with a force that exceeds them," he added.

[RomanSoldier19]

Evergrande Has Debt Due Next Week It Can’t Pay. Why It Isn’t Just China’s Problem.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/evergrande-has-debt-due-next-week-it-cant-pay-51631883256

[Army Air Corps]

Pei Ping!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Thank you, Joseph Stolen.

[Perseverando]

What a shame! Zhou Xiden just left for Rehobeth Beach, DE to his beach home. Maybe Obama, Valerie Jarrett or Susan Rice can keep an eye on the situation.

Wait, just heard Milley told they Chi Coms they have the green light. Whatever that means. /sarc

[CivilWarBrewing]

China is CLEARLY readying itself for TAKING TAIWAN, even going so far as to send ships off our Hawaiian coast to divert our attention.. and other things we're probably not even aware of.

Jao Bai Din will SURRENDER Taiwan just as Bagram was SURRENDERED. Media will fall in line and promote this as a SUCCESS!

Might as well start learning Mandarin, America, because apparently DC is now MADE IN CHINA.

[PGR88]

China Sends Flotilla Armed With Cannons To Japan's Senkaku Islands

A flotilla with cannons? Is this 1854?

[algore]

Those islands look like a great place for a reality show, or even a small military base.

[Chode]

four outfitted with cannons

eight pounders?

[blueunicorn6]

Read about The Battle Of Kinmen Island.

China lost 9,000 Soldiers trying to take a smaller island from Taiwan.

[EEGator]

Once on the island, they will unload the trebuchets and launch corpses over the castle walls...

[RomanSoldier19]

[RomanSoldier19]

[right way right]

The Chinese could float right into the Puget Sound of Washington State and Jay Ins-lee would welcome them with open arms.

Just follow all the cargo freighters

[Lazamataz]

China better watch it.

Japan could put together 50 nuclear weapons in about 10 minutes.

[PIF]

Cannon awaiting placement on Chinese ship

[PIF]

in 1949 - no comparison to today’s military in either country.

[PIF]

the islands in question

[M Kehoe]

President for life, Xi:. Where are thier submarines?

Valid question.

5.56mm

[aces]

Biden will pay it off with taxpayer money as Hunter rakes in the cash siphoned off of evergrande..

[GOPJ]

Wait, just heard Milley told ... Chi Coms they have the green light. Whatever that means. /sarc

We all know NOW who butters the pentagon's bread... pays for their mansions... The corrupt brass isn't gonna take on the Chinese and either is pedo Joe....old Hunter's Dad... the 'big guy'...