Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats

[Don777]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/japan-fires-water-cannon-to-turn-away-taiwan-boats/295095-2.html
So whats next, flying jets, subs or destroyers. Hope for no nuke

 

[veekysingh]

japnese are in full mood.

 

[Fanling Monk]

Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats - World News - IBNLive
So whats next, flying jets, subs or destroyers. Hope for no nuke

What? You mean Japan has nukes or she's going to use daddy's nuke.

It's time for the Chinese real professional fishermen to move in.

 

[Asskicker]

Things are getting interesting now wait for warnings from dadda..

 

[xuxu1457]

about 50 Fishing boats and 10 Taiwan Coast Guard ships went to Diaoyu Island from Taiwan to protect Diaoyu Island

http://v.ifeng.com/include/exterior...f1fd-4834-8a1e-2d1d447b32da&fromweb=ZHVPlayer

Japan Coast Guard and Taiwan Coast Guard fire with water cannons

 

[Srinivas]

China should not mess with its neighbors if it wants a peaceful rise. China should not alter the world balance it should rise peacefully and should constrain itself for the sake of world peace.

Don't try to Piss your neighbors which will anger the grand daddy of war and the south asian giant elephant.

 

[Abhishek_]

It's time for the Chinese real professional fishermen to move in.

agreed, since PLAN is only good for running away after a mere verbal warning.
hell even the taiwanese had more courage than the mainlanders

 

[Abdi-Karim Elmi]

This it. The rise of the red dragon

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Japanese whalers do the same with Anti-whaling activists.

Guess Japan is playing it safe

 

[ahfatzia]

Local Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration (CGA) ships and Japan vessels clash off with water cannons in Diaoyutais water.

Taiwan's Coast Guard met the Japan Coast Guard yesterday morning near the Diaoyutai Islands, in a brief skirmish that resulted in no casualties.

Escorted by the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA, 海巡&#32626, 75 R.O.C. fishing boats entered waters near the contested Diaoyutais early Tuesday to assert Taiwan's sovereignty.

Taiwan's CGA cutters weathered rough sea conditions to get as close as 2.1 nautical miles from the islands. R.O.C. fishing vessels proceeded with the cutters, breaking through a line of Japan Coast Guard vessels that issued warnings through loudspeakers.

At 8:30 p.m., a Taiwanese fishing boat called Yong-feng No. 106 (永豐106 &#34399 made it 4.5 nautical miles from the Diaoyutais. At this point, Japan Coast Guard cutters closed in and sprayed Yong-feng No. 106 and nearby vessels with water cannons to deter their progress. Japanese cutters also tried to block progress by dropping small boats into the waters and pushing them into the R.O.C. fleet.

R.O.C. cutters led by the De-shing (德星&#33382 blocked the small boats and fired water cannons at the Japan Coast Guard cutters. Via loudspeaker, R.O.C. crew members declared sovereignty over the Diaoyutais and demanded that the Japan Coast Guard end its interference with Taiwan fishermen's operations.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese fishing boats pressed on, reaching within 3 nautical miles of the Diaoyutais at 8:49 a.m.

Lin Jih-cheng (林日&#25104, commander of an organizing committee on safeguarding fishing rights, called on them to return around 9 a.m. Within 20 minutes, the fishing boats were homeward bound toward Yilan County's Su-ao Harbor (蘇澳&#28207 under CGA escort.

'Closer than expected'

R.O.C. cutters and fishing boats failed to circle the contested island chain as planned, but were able to sail much closer to the islands than expected, said Lin yesterday.

The fleet has accomplished its mission of declaring sovereignty over the Diaoyutais, he added.

CGA Deputy Director-General Wang Chung-yi (王崇&#20736 said that R.O.C. cutters did not allow Japanese ships to board the Taiwanese fishing boats and did not allow Japanese officers to take Taiwanese fishermen into custody, which were also the aims of the mission. Wang said that Japan had mobilized 21 ships.

The CGA had not advanced further due to rough and unpredictable sea conditions, which included waves greater than 4 meters, he said.

Wang said that there were five mainland Chinese patrol ships near the island chain, positioned outside a 12-nautical-mile radius.

Local, Japan vessels clash off Diaoyutais - The China Post


A tit for tat from Taiwan

 

[faithfulguy]

The dispute sland is closest to Taiwan and was part of Taiwan before 1895. It should belong to Taiwan. Japan and CCP should both back off.

 

[Abhishek_]

The dispute sland is closest to Taiwan and was part of Taiwan before 1895. It should belong to Taiwan. Japan and CCP should both back off.

wishes aside, TW is a non-entity in this issue.

 

[terranMarine]

While Chinese and Taiwanese join forces harassing the Japanese, the Russians are quite busy too with the Kuril Islands.
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a resolution to earmark additional funds for the social and economic development of the Kuril Islands, which Japan claims as their sovereign land and calls the Chishima Islands.

 

[itaskol]

Mainland ready to help Taiwanese fishing near Diaoyu Islands - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[Plexyre]

wishes aside, TW is a non-entity in this issue.

Been there, said that. Reply:

Don't be ridiculous. The only reason these islands are even an issue is because they are part of Taiwan in the first place, which Japan illegally annexed. Taiwan is in the center of this regardless of whether it's taking the leading role or not in the dispute.

In the meantime, both sides can cool off by firing water cannons at each other