H.K. activists' boat turns around to move away from isles

H.K. activists' boat turns around to move away from isles

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Hong Kong activists wave Chinese flags on a fishing boat some 20 kilometers off the Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyu Islands, in the East China Sea on Oct. 27.

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