DIPLOMATIC WRANGLES OVER PACIFIC ISLETS COVER RIGHTS TO POTENTIALLY HUGE OIL AND GAS RESERVES
October 1st, 2010
BY JULIAN RYALL
BEFORE September 8, few people anywhere had heard of Zhan Qixiong or his battered fishing boat. However, since the Chinese fisherman and his 14-strong crew were taken into custody by the Japan Coast Guard on September 8, Zhan has found himself at the centre of an escalating geopolitical row that has already put planned discussions over gas and oil deposits between Beijing and Tokyo on hold and is ratcheting up broader tensions in the region.
Zhan and his crew, who have since been released, were arrested after allegedly colliding with two ...
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