The detained Chinese fishing trawler is flanked by two Japanese Coast Guard vessels during an investigation by Japanese authorities near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture of Japan Sept. 12, 2010. Japanese authorities on Sunday morning towed the Chinese fishing boat to the sea near Ishigaki island in Okinawa Prefecture to recapture the situation when it collided with two patrol ships of Japanese Coast Guard off Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday. China is firmly opposed to any kind of investigation by Japanese authorities of the illegally-detained Chinese fishing trawler, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Sunday. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)Chinese Anger Mounts At Japan's Arrest Of Trawler -- The Telegraph
Tensions between China and Japan have deepened further as both sides continued to dig in their diplomatic heels in a dispute over the arrest of a Chinese trawler skipper by the Japanese coastguard last week.
In the latest escalation of the five-day row, Japan's ambassador was summoned after midnight for the fourth time to hear Chinese demands to release the boat's captain and warnings over any further political "misjudgments" that could damage relations.
In a symbolic step that raised the diplomatic temperature to another level, the demands were issued by Dai Bingguo, China's highest-ranking official on international affairs and a member of China's State Council, or cabinet.
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