China ships near Senkakus

China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Haijian 51 and other Chinese maritime surveillance vessels in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 2 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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