Mr Ishihara said the clash, which ended when police released the captain of a Chinese ship accused of ramming Japan's coastguard vessels, had exposed his country's weakness in Asia.

石原说，全年的冲突暴露他的国家的弱点。

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Early last year the Chinese police said that they had raided an ETIM training camp on the Xinjiang border, killing 18 suspects and arresting 17 others.

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Up to 20 men from the city's Chinese community were involved in a series of fights, police said.

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The Chinese Government insisted its police had been invited into the consulate to arrest the North Koreans, while Japan said its diplomatic territory had been violated.

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