Japan, Chinese Protesters Clash at Sea

Guardian Unlimited ^ | October 28, 2007 | DIKKY SINN (Associated Press Writer )

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HONG KONG (AP) - Japanese patrol vessels fired water cannon Sunday at a boat carrying Chinese activists who were protesting Japanese claims to territory in the East China Sea, the activist group said.

A boat carrying the protesters arrived near the five disputed islets - known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and Senkaku in Japan - on Sunday evening, according to the activists' group, the Hong Kong-registered China Federation of Defending Diaoyu Islands.

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Hong Kong-registered China Federation of Defending Diaoyu Islands.

Hong Kong registered perhaps, but no doubt controlled from Beijing. It's a communist country, no organized and open group does anything without at least permission from the government, most likely the government and the CDDD are the same thing.

[Wiz]

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