Chinese fishery administration vessel arrives in Xisha Islands
WHEN THE WAR OCCURS, between China and Vietnam over the dispute of these
islands,
TO ALL KHMER,
WE MUST LEARN ONE LESSON, NEVER, NEVER SUPPORT OR HELP THE INGRATE & CRIMINAL
VIETNAMESE AGAIN.
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-17 12:45:48
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China's largest fishery administration vessel, China Yuzheng 311, arrives in
the Xisha Islands March 17, 2009. The vessel will patrol the South China
Sea.(Xinhua)
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Yongxing Island, South China Sea, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's largest
fishery administration vessel arrived in the Xisha Islands around noon,
officials on the islands said on Tuesday.
The vessel, China Yuzheng 311, has anchored in Yongxing island, a major one
of the islands, and will patrol the South China Sea. It had made a week-long
voyage from its home port in Guangzhou.
The vessel stopped in a naval base in Sanya on the southern Hainan Province
last Thursday for supply and set sail for the islands which are about 180
nautical miles southeast of Hainan.
However, the vessel encountered storm and bad weather which delayed its
arrival in the islands that had been expected to be on Sunday, the vessel's
captain told Xinhua.
The ship is the largest of its kind with a maximum displacement of 4,450
tonnes and will be mainly used to patrol waters of China's exclusive economic
zones including Nansha, Xisha and Zhongsha Islands. It was converted from a
rescue vessel of Chinese navy.
Wu Zhuang, director of Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor
Supervision for South China Sea, said the vessel will take part in fishing
vessels escort at Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands where fishing illegalities
of neighboring countries in the sea are rising.
Editor: Fang Yang
Monday, March 16, 2009
China ship off to Spratlys
16 March 2009
Manila Times (Philippines)
China has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China Sea, state
press said Sunday, after an incident with a US naval vessel and a fresh claim
by the Philippines to disputed territory.
The Beijing News said the vessel would conduct patrols on what it called
China’s exclusive maritime zone in the disputed waters surrounding the Paracel
and Spratly Islands.
It said the converted naval rescue ship would aid Chinese fishing boats and
transport vessels.
The Philippines passed a law last week which lays claim to disputed islands in
the Spratlys chain that are also claimed by China. Beijing has called the law
“illegal and invalid.”
Tensions in the area rose further when the United States sent destroyers to
international waters off southern China to protect a naval surveillance patrol
that was involved in a standoff with Chinese vessels.
China claimed that the US patrol vessels were within its 200-kilometer economic
exclusive zone, but the United States has insisted they were in international
waters.
The Spratly and Paracel island chains have been flashpoints for years.
The Spratlys are claimed in full or part by China and Vietnam as well as the
Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, and the Paracels are claimed by
China, which now occupies them, as well as by Vietnam and Taiwan.
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