Complaint Lodged Over Chinese Submarine
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Japan lodged a formal protest with Beijing after determining that a nuclear submarine that entered its territorial waters without identifying itself belonged to China.
Japan’s navy went on a rare alert Wednesday when the vessel was first spotted between the southern island of Okinawa and Taiwan. Japanese aircraft and naval destroyers pursued the submarine, which spent about two hours in Japanese waters.
Chinese envoy Cheng Yonghua said the incident was being investigated.
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