Senkaku Islands 7 8 2012

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Japan looks to buy Senkaku islands, disputed by China and Taiwan

Japan reacts after Chinese boats approach disputed Senkaku islands

Japan has summoned the Chinese ambassador after three Chinese patrol boats approached the disputed Senkaku islands.

A fishing boat (R) sails past another boat flying a Chinese flag and piloted by an activist organization that asserts Chinese sovereignty over a group of uninhabited islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, before it sets sail for the islets in Hong Kong on January 3, 2012.

AARON TAM

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