China intrudes into Japan’s waters, part of growing trend - from TRUNEWS

(TRUNEWS) Chinese patrol ships entered Japan’s waters Thursday.

Three vessels, one containing guns, traveled near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and hung around for about 90 minutes, according to NHK World.

Afterward, they navigated outside territorial waters just southwest of Uotsuri Island.  The Coast Guard gave warning.

Even though Japan controls the Senkaku, and says the islands are part of their national territory historically and according to international law, China and Taiwan also claim the islands.

It is the latest in a series of incursions.  A Chinese vessel was in Vietnam’s waters Monday, according to The Thanh Nien.  It was disguised as a fishing boat and was carrying diesel oil.

The ship, the captain and two sailors were apprehended by Vietnamese authorities.  In the past few weeks Vietnam’s coast guard has chased off 110 Chinese fishing boats.

Vietnam, Taiwan and the Chinese are all claiming the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, but China is militarizing them, as reported by TRUNEWS.

In Malaysia, about 100 Chinese boats have been detected in the South China Sea.

An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines, May 11, 2015. REUTERS/Ritchie B. Tongo

China has also been assertive toward Philippine fisherman, who claim they were driven away from Panatag or Scarborough Shoal by a vessel of the Chinese coast guard, according to Philstar.  It was within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone, but the Chinese have controlled it for the past few years.

Over the weekend, a Chinese vessel worked its way into Indonesian waters, claiming to be carrying out “normal activities”.

The Indonesian fisheries minister said his country wants peace in the sea.

With the incident we feel interrupted and sabotaged in our efforts,” Susi Pudjiastuti said. “We may take it to the international tribunal of the law of the sea.”

Indonesia is not involved in the South China sea argument, but is concerned over Beijing’s beliefs the Natuna Islands are part of the “nine-dash line”.

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