増加船舶和飛機監視尖閣，基地是必要的......中國報紙

A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-lone reported the following:

尖閣監視の船や航空機増え、基地必要に…中国紙

2015年06月15日 21時57分

　【北京＝五十嵐文】１５日付の中国共産党機関紙・人民日報系の環球時報は、中国海警局が浙江省温州市の海岸に建設を予定している大型基地について、沖縄県・尖閣諸島周辺海域など東シナ海の監視に必要な公船や航空機の数量が増えたことから必要となったとする関係者の談話を紹介し、計画を事実上認めた。

　それによると、東シナ海の監視ではこれまで浙江省寧波市にある基地が使われていたが、パトロール範囲の拡大や艦艇の大型化などに伴い、同基地の施設だけではやっていけなくなったと指摘。同時に、同局では空からの監視を強化するため、飛行機やヘリコプターの数も増やしていることを明らかにした。

(試譯文)

 On the 15^th (June) the Global Times, which was related to the People's Daily of the Chinese Communist Party, regarding the scheduled construction of a large base by the Chinese Maritime Police Bureau in Zhejiang province at the coast of Wenzhou city, carried a talk given by a related person  on the need to increase the number of official ships and airplanes necessary to watch over the sea area around the Okinawa prefecture Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which in effect admitting to the existence of such a plan.

 According to that, up to now the base in Zhejiang province Ningbo city was used to watch over the East China Sea, and it was pointed out that they could no longer get along with the facilities in this base due to the expansion in patrol area and increases in war-ships. The said bureau at the same time had strengthened the watch from the sky; it was made clear that the number of airplanes and helicopters was also being increased.

It is normal for China to strengthen its coastal facilities in order to increase its presence in the East China Sea etc. I think on top of monitoring Japan, this naval base can also be used to watch over the activities of Taiwan if the situation warrants.