MISSION ON SEA: An officer aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 137 collects evidence of Japanese vessels during the ship's patrol in China's territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on February 14. Two fleets of Chinese marine surveillance ships were carrying out routine patrol missions in the East China Sea and the South China Sea respectively around the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on February 10 this year (ZHANG JIANSONG) |