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S. Kleine-Ahlbrandt ?@ska_kongshanMFA: In the next stage, China will administrate the Diaoyu Islands according to Chinese and international law. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-09/13/c_123713561.htm … Retweeted by Raymond PritchettExpand Reply Retweet Favorite52m Raymond Pritchett ?@GalrahnIn Libya people set themselves on fire when upset. In China they burn their own Honda Civic's. Not a joke... http://shanghaiist.com/2012/09/14/man_unfurls_anti-japanese_banners_s.php …Expand Reply Retweet Favorite57m Mark MacKinnon/?? ?@markmackinnonTaiwan, which also claims islands China and Japan are snarling over, says its coast guard to "raise profile" in area: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/14/2003542707 … Retweeted by Raymond PritchettExpand Reply Retweet Favorite57m Raymond Pritchett ?@GalrahnRT @cdrsalamander: BlogPostAlert: Well Played China; Well Played: When the world is looking left ... http://bit.ly/OmhfTS Expand Reply Retweet Favorite1h Emily Kaiser ?@EKaiserReutersJapan pledges "vigilance and surveillance" in responding to Chinese ships. Sounds like what they say about the yen. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49027473 Retweeted by Raymond PritchettExpand Reply Retweet Favorite
Thursday, September 13, 2012Well Played China; Well PlayedWhen the world is looking left ...The Japanese media reported that China dispatched four maritime ships toward the islands after the Japanese government purchased three of the disputed islands on September 11 for approximately $26 million from a private Japanese owner. China says it is an attempt to “steal its property” and they are ready to “assert” the country’s sovereignty over the islands.“I don’t believe it will grow into a military confrontation,” said Koichiro Yoshida, vice president of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and ruling Democratic Party of Japan member. “But if it does and the Chinese vessels enter the territorial waters around the Islands, Japan should take aggressive measures. We must protect the rights of our citizens and our sovereignty over the islands.”Just to add to it;On Thursday, two ships from the Taiwanese coast guard departed for the surrounding waters of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. As the rapidly escalating standoff between Japan and China continues, the Taiwanese coast guard has said it is sending the ships to the islands, called Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, in order to offer protection for the nation’s fishermen. It’s not really clear what would possess fishermen of any country to want to go near the diplomatic mess of a territory, but Taiwan’s ships will surely be encountering the two Chinese patrol ships that arrived earlier this week.
BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government's announcement of the baselines of the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets is of great significance, a Chinese diplomat has explained."By doing so, we can proclaim to the international community our indisputable sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and the firm determination of our government and people to safeguard our territorial sovereignty and maritime interests," Deng Zhonghua, head of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs with the Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with China Central Television on Thursday.It is also a powerful countermeasure and deterrent to behaviors that infringe upon China's territorial sovereignty. In accordance with international laws, China will file a copy of the table of coordinates and charts with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Deng said.The baseline announcement is an important step for China to improve the territorial water system, according to Deng.In defining the boundaries of the territorial and internal waters, China has the legal basis for its jurisdiction of the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands in line with its domestic law and international law, he continued.
