Chinese vessels sail near Senkakus for 19th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 7, 2012, shows Chinese marine surveillance vessel Haijian 51 (bottom) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki in a so-called contiguous zone near Kuba Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol vessels sailed in an area just outside Japanese territorial waters around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group claimed by China for the 19th straight day, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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