Chinese President Xi Jinping has the coast guard to step up its activities to assert sovereignty over islets in eastern China controlled through Tokyo but also claimed through Beijing, Japanese news firm Kyodo reported on Saturday.
In response to the instruction issued in November, the coast guard drew up a plan to send its ships near the islets, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, every day in 2024, and to conduct on-site inspections of Japanese fishing vessels if necessary, Kyodo said, citing unnamed sources.
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