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Originally posted by Patrick_D
I wonder why is a bit of rock so important that the Japanese want to keep it above of water. It's an expensive project.
Japan to protest China survey near Okinotori
Japan plans to lodge an official protest with China over its continued oceanographic surveying in Japan's exclusive economic zone around Okinotori Island, government sources said Sunday.
Japan urged China at a working-level meeting in Beijing on April 22 to stop the surveys, but Chinese officials claimed the surrounding waters cannot be regarded as an exclusive economic zone "because Okinotori Island is not an island but rocks."
Originally posted by greatlakes
Heres an interesting news piece concerning the island and the Chinese calling it "A BUNCH OF ROCKS" lol