By the disputed Senkaku Islands approached the Chinese warships

China has sent eight warships to the islands of Senkaku nationalized by Japan in the autumn of 2012 according to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday, April 23 citing a source in the government of Japan.

China and previously sent to the Senkaku warships, but such a large group appears in the disputed islands for the first time since their nationalization.

Territorial disputes over uninhabited Senkaku Islands (Chinese name Diaoyutai, Taiwan — Tyaoyutay), which discovered deposits of minerals, sharpened between Japan and China in the autumn of 2012. Japan to secure their rights, bought three of the five islands from private owners. The nationalization of the islands sparked massive anti-Japanese protests in China, which led to the fact that a number of companies from Japan have been forced to suspend production of its products on the Chinese enterprises.

Despite the nationalization of Japan disputed islands in their territorial waters regularly visit Chinese fishing boats. In addition, Beijing has repeatedly sent to the Senkaku its military patrol ships.

Claims to the disputed islands and said Taiwan, whose coastline is approximately 200 kilometers from the Senkaku. Taiwanese fishing vessels under the protection of patrol boats in September attempted to enter the territorial waters of the Senkaku, but the Japanese coast guard ships distilled water cannons flotilla.