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To: RealMuLan who wrote (55867)	11/11/2004 3:04:31 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 74559

Maybe it came from Mars<g>--China 'no clues' over mystery sub From correspondents in Beijing November 11, 2004 CHINA today said it knew nothing about a submarine that entered Japanese waters near a disputed gas field sparking a high seas chase, but was watching the issue closely. "We have seen the reports and are watching the situation closely," foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said. "Of course the relevant departments are maintaining close contact to watch this incident." She refused to either confirm or deny it was a Chinese vessel. The submarine was detected early yesterday in Japanese waters near islands disputed with China about 300 kilometres south-west of Okinawa. Judging from its cruising sound, the Defence Agency believed the vessel to be a Chinese navy Han-type nuclear submarine, Japan's mass-circulation Yomiuri Shimbun and Jiji Press news agency said. The Japanese navy has been trailing the submarine with two destroyers and a surveillance airplane, a defence agency spokesman said. The incident comes amid a series of disputes between Japan and China, including friction over the right to explore for gas near their maritime border in the East China Sea. Only this week, China accused Japan of a "Cold War mentality" after Japanese reports about alleged Chinese plans to attack Japan. The reports said this could be triggered by disputes over Taiwan or energy resources. "We are opposed to the instigation and playing up of the China threat," the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. "Relevant parties should discard their Cold War mentality and safeguard measures to promote peace and development in the Asian Pacific region and the world at large." While the Xinhua news agency yesterday ran a brief report from Tokyo about the unidentified submarine, it has filed nothing since and the story failed to appear in any of China's major state-run media today. AAP news.com.au