Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-14

China Coast Guard patrols in waters of Diaoyu Dao

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	China Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
Source language	en — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date	2026-08-14
Original URL	http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16479447.html
Collected at	2026-08-14 14:08:56 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint	9d381af0e34c48581869f73f97ef4a716bb3152dbc01eb7ee334901612888c61 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run	112
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BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A vessel formation of the China Coast Guard (CCG) on Friday conducted a patrol in China's territorial waters of Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands, said a statement by the CCG. The CCG conducted the patrol in accordance with the law to protect China's legal rights in the area, according to the statement.

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A China Coast Guard vessel formation conducted a territorial waters patrol around the Diaoyu Dao (Senkaku Islands) on August 14, per a CCG statement. This is a routine presence operation; its value is as a data point in the ongoing record of CCG patrol frequency around the islands, not as evidence of an escalation or posture change. The article names no specific vessels, formation size, or patrol duration, leaving the operational scale unknown.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "China Coast Guard patrols in waters of Diaoyu Dao." China Military Online (EN), 2026-08-14. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16479447.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 3221, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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