Rather, the captain, 41, had returned from 18 days in detention in Japan after his trawler collided with Japanese Coast Guard boats patrolling waters near rocky isles claimed by both China and Japan.

这位41岁的船长在被日本拘留了18天后终于回国，被拘留的原因是他的拖网船和日本巡逻船在一块中日双方均宣布拥有主权的礁石岛附近相撞。

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We're seeing bullying, harassment and ramming of vessels from countries whose coast guard and fishing vessels are much smaller, often to assert sovereignty throughout the South China Sea.

我们看到的欺凌，骚扰和从其海岸警卫和渔船要小得多，往往断言整个中国南海主权国家的船只撞击。

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In China Daily, Prof Gong Jianhua, a maritime affairs specialist at Guangdong Ocean University, welcomes the new coast guard, but says China should promote joint development with neighbours in the South China Sea on the basis of a China-Asean free trade zone to ease "anxiety and suspicion".

BBC: China media: Railways ministry

Another irritant to regional ties arose Tuesday morning when eight Chinese patrol ships sailed within the territorial waters around the East China Sea islands, said a Japanese Coast Guard official.

WSJ: Japan War-Shrine Visits Rile Neighbors

Last fall relations between Beijing and Tokyo reached their worst point in years after Japan detained the Chinese captain of a fishing boat that had collided with Japanese Coast Guard vessels in a disputed stretch of the East China Sea.

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