"Defend Diaoyu" activists' boat returns to H.K.

"Defend Diaoyu" activists' boat returns to H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A sailor (carrying flowers) smiles in Hong Kong on Aug. 22, 2012, after arriving home aboard a vessel that had carried 14 Chinese to Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea to assert Chinese sovereignty over the islands.

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