But Zhao told Monday's briefing in Beijing that the islands known to China as the Diaoyu and to Japan as the Senkakus "are China's inherent territory"
Posted on 07/06/2020 4:57:38 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
hina is justifying military campaigns near two disputed sets of islands in the Asia-Pacific by claiming sovereignty over the territories while its feud with the United States and several countries over the area heats u
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Monday that China had the right to conduct coast guard patrols going on for nearly 13 consecutive weeks near the Paracel Islands controlled by Japan in the East China Sea and to close off the waters surrounding the Vietnam-claimed Pinnacle Islands for training in the South China Sea from July 1 to July 5 because both are part of the country's territory.
His comments came after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denounced China's recurring operations near the Pinnacle Islands at a news conference over the weekend. Suga said at the time that Japanese officials "have been strongly urging China to stop trying to approach the Japanese fishing boat and leave our territorial waters immediately."
But Zhao told Monday's briefing in Beijing that the islands known to China as the Diaoyu and to Japan as the Senkakus "are China's inherent territory" so "China enjoys the inherent right to patrol and enforce law" there.
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But Zhao told Monday's briefing in Beijing that the islands known to China as the Diaoyu and to Japan as the Senkakus "are China's inherent territory"
As a personal note, i’m about sick and tired of China’s BS.
The Chinese have made a statement, let them try and
enforce it.
China must have a Failed Hollywood script writer writing their stuff
China has problems everywhere:
6 Jul: France24: Former French intelligence agents go on trial accused of spying for China
by France24 with AFP
Two retired French intelligence agents went on trial behind closed doors on Monday accused of having passed on secrets to a foreign power.
The pair are accused of working for China, according to several media reports, with French officials at pains to avoid releasing details of the affair.
Pierre-Marie H. and Henri M. appeared in a special court accused of “delivering information to a foreign power” and “damaging the fundamental interests of the nation”.
Both men worked for France’s foreign intelligence service, the DGSE. They face 15 years in prison if convicted.
The men, now retired, were charged and detained in December 2017, although Pierre-Marie H. has since been released on bail...
In 1997, Henri M. was appointed as the DGSE’s man in Beijing, where he was the second secretary at the embassy. He was recalled early in 1998 after having had an affair with the ambassador’s Chinese interpreter.
He retired a few years later and returned to China in 2003, where he married the former interpreter, setting up home on Hainan island in southern China...
Pierre-Marie H., who had never been posted abroad, was arrested at Zurich airport carrying cash after having met a Chinese contact on an Indian Ocean island, according to media reports...
The verdict is due to be handed down on July 10.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200706-former-french-intelligence-agents-go-on-trial-accused-of-spying-for-china
we buy all pharma from there
I like to think we are in overdrive to remedy that issue.
The most interesting thing about this story, is that NewsWeek still exists. Who knew?
Allow me to do this article one better or 21 better. Watch this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5rZVH-9hY
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