, which is based on a report from Reuters and New Strait Times (NST), respectively. I read the Reuters report which is in fact based on the NST report.
Royal Malaysian Navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar who rubbished them as inaccurate reporting, said China was actually holding a high-level maritime exercise with its navy and airforce, away from the country's exclusive economic zone and it was held in conjunction with the recent launch of its aircraft carrier Liaoning.
"The exercise, Aziz said was being conducted northwest of the disputed Spratly islands, which was over 1,000 nautical miles away from Malaysia's 200nm exclusive economic zone, adding that no Chinese ship encroached James Shoal, located 80km northwest of Bintulu, Sarawak.
Note:
(a) Spratly islands 南沙群岛
(b) James Shoal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shoal
(a small bank in the South China Sea, with a depth of 22 metres (72 ft); Geographically, it is south of the Spratly Islands, but it is sometimes grouped with them as part of the international dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea; The shoal is the southernmost feature of China as claimed by the PRC and ROC)
Of course, under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, James Shoal can not be claimed as a territory, because it is submerged.
(c) For "Bintulu, Sarawak," see Bintulu Division
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bintulu_Division
(is one of the eleven administrative divisions of Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo; The population (year 2000 census) was 179,600)作者: choi 时间: 1-29-2014 16:02
Xinhua reports; latest first.
(1) 王婷 and 高毅, 海军南海舰队战备巡逻远海训练编队巡航曾母暗沙. Xinhua, Jan 26, 2014.
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