動き出す中国海軍

きましたね。これは地政学的にけっこう大きなニュースです。

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Beijing sends patrol ship to South China Sea

BEIJING (AFP) — China has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China Sea, state press said Sunday, after an incident with a US naval vessel and a fresh claim by the Philippines to the disputed territory.

The Beijing News said the vessel would conduct patrols of what it called China's exclusive maritime zone in the disputed waters surrounding the Paracel and Spratly Islands.

It said the converted naval rescue ship would aid Chinese fishing boats and transport vessels.
The Philippines passed a law last week which lays claim to disputed islands in the Spratlys chain that are also claimed by China. Beijing has called the law "illegal and invalid."

Tensions in the area rose further when the United States sent destroyers to international waters off southern China to protect a naval surveillance patrol that was involved in a stand off with Chinese vessels.

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アメリカとの海南島沖合でのトラブルと、フィリピンが領有宣言をしたことに対する反応として、中国側が南シナ海（南沙諸島）に向けてとうとうアクションを起こしました。これは見物です。

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