On Thursday, two ships from the Taiwanese coast guard departed for the surrounding waters of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. As the rapidly escalating standoff between Japan and China continues, the Taiwanese coast guard has said it is sending the ships to the islands, called Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, in order to offer protection for the nation’s fishermen. It’s not really clear what would possess fishermen of any country to want to go near the diplomatic mess of a territory, but Taiwan’s ships will surely be encountering the two Chinese patrol ships that arrived earlier this week.
Thousands protest austerity measures in Spain and Portugal – New York Times
Protests against Japan over its control of disputed
islands spread across more than two dozen cities in China and turned
violent at times Saturday, with protesters burning Japanese flags and
clashing with Chinese paramilitary police at the Japanese Embassy before
order was restored.
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