Chinese ship equipped with guns enters Japanese territorial waters

Kyodo reported that on January 27, four Chinese Coast Guard vessels, including one equipped with a gun-like device, entered Japanese territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands (called Diaoyu by Beijing) in the East China Sea.

Chinese CCG ship number 31239 in waters near the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on March 3, 2014. (Source: AFP/VNA)

According to the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. This is the third incident this month and the first since January 13.

Previously, on January 8, two Chinese Coast Guard ships, one of which the JCG said was equipped with guns, entered Japanese territorial waters./.

According to Vietnam+