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"Arnold Holbrook" |
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19 Jul 2004 09:21:33 AM |
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Japanese FM to issue another protest over Chinese landing on disputed islet |
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 28 March 2004 1400 hrs
Japanese FM to issue another protest over Chinese landing on disputed
islet
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TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi will voice a fresh
protest to Chinese leaders about activists landing on a disputed
island when she visits Beijing this week, a senior official says.
"The minister will strongly protest against the illegal landing when
she visits China in several days," Senior Vice Minister for Foreign
Affairs Ichiro Aisawa said of Kawaguchi's two-day trip to China from
Saturday.
A diplomatic row flared up last week after seven Chinese activists
landed on the uninhabited Senkaku islands, known as Diaoyu in China,
which lie between Taiwan and Japan in the East China Sea.
"Japan's national flag was also burned (by activists in Beijing) ...
this is a grave matter," Aisawa said during a debate on the private
Fuji Television network.
Kawaguchi held a telephone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister
Li Zhaoxing late Friday over Japan's decision to deport the seven
Chinese activists, who were arrested after landing on the islet.
"I heard from the minister yesterday that she had quite a harsh
exchange of opinions (with Li)," the vice minister told the network.
He also said Japan would enhance information gathering on moves of
Chinese activists to prevent them from landing on the island again.
A group of Chinese protesters Sunday said it had postponed a trip to
the island chain in view of increased tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
"We postponed our planned excursion to the Diaoyu Islands because of
the situation across the Taiwan Strait," said Tong Zeng, leader of the
Chinese Federation Defending the Diaoyu Islands. "We will make a
decision on when to go again based on how the situation develops."
Tong was referring to massive protests in Taiwan over the re-election
of President Chen Shui-bian by a narrow margin last week.
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