Exclusive photos: Chinese surveillance ships patrolling Diaoyu Islands waters (1/5)

The text on the electronic screen installed on the Chinese surveillance ship Haijian 50 reads: the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets have been the inherent territory of China since ancient times, and China has ample historical and jurisprudential evidences on that. The picture shows the Chinese surveillance ship Haijian 50 sails towards the Diaoyu Islands. (Photo source: Xinhuanet.com)