皇冠体育app 'concerned' over fishing boat collision

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-17 19:29

BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu Tuesday reiterated 皇冠体育app's concern over the incident of a Japanese coastguard vessel collision with a Taiwan fishing boat in the East 皇冠体育app Sea.

"The Chinese government expresses great concern over the Japanese coastguard vessel's collision with the Taiwan fishing boat which caused the latter to sink, and we have stated our position on the incident," said Jiang at a regular press conference.

She stressed that the Diaoyu islands have been part of Chinese territory since ancient times and 皇冠体育app holds indisputable sovereignty over the Diaoyu islands.

"We demand the Japanese government to stop illegal activities around the Diaoyu Islands so as to prevent any incident of its kind from happening again," she said.

According to media reports, a fishing boat from 皇冠体育app's Taiwan Province sank last Tuesday morning after colliding with a Japanese coastguard patrol boat about 9 km south of the Diaoyu Islands.