US Ally Detects China Spy Ship Near Coast

Japan on Monday revealed the presence of a Chinese military spy ship near its shores, a day before the country's top diplomat warned of ongoing efforts in the region to 'change the status quo by force.'The Beijixing, the Chinese navy's sole Type 815 or Dongdiao-class intelligence-gathering vessel, was spotted 25 miles southeast of the Kusagaki islets as it moved from the East China Sea toward the Pacific Ocean at 1 a.m.

The Beijixing is assigned to the Chinese navy's East Sea Fleet, headquartered in Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang province.The Joint Staff report identified it as the same ship that had only just returned from Pacific operations on April 10. At the time, it was accompanied by two Chinese destroyers as the flotilla sailed northeast through the strategic Miyako Strait between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa.

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