PLA naval taskforce cruises in waters near Diaoyu Island

The high-sea training taskforce under the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) cruised in the waters near the Diaoyu Island on the morning of April 17, 2013. Zhao Xiaogang, commander of the taskforce and deputy commander of a destroyer flotilla under the South China Sea Fleet, expressed that the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are China's inherent territory since ancient times and the cruise conducted by the Chinese Navy in the waters near the Diaoyu Island is absolutely rightful, legal and irreproachable. (China Military Online/Cai Pengcheng and Zeng Xingjian)

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