The China Coast Guard (CCG) has maintained stable and transparent law enforcement operations in the waters around Diaoyu Dao, a Chinese maritime expert said Friday, responding to recent Japanese media reports that focused on the frequency of Chinese patrols in the area.
The CCG reported earlier on Friday that its forces carried out law-enforcement patrol missions in the waters around the island in the East China Sea for 357 days in 2025. The figure was 355 days in 2024.
Yang Xiao, deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Strategy Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, noted that the number of patrol days demonstrates the continuity and normalization of China's maritime rights protection activities around the island.
"This undoubtedly demonstrates the consistent and stable nature of our routine law enforcement patrols around Diaoyu Dao. It means that for the vast majority of the year, our patrol vessels operate in the adjacent waters of the islands," Yang said.
"The Japanese side's obsession with this issue reveals a hypocritical and fragile mindset. They cannot accept our long-term, lawful presence through routine patrols, which is why they pay disproportionate attention to it and attempt to sensationalize it in the media," Yang said.
"In contrast, we proactively disclose our enforcement results, including the exact number of patrol days, which is itself an important aspect of our regular and normalized patrol operations around Diaoyu Dao, to make them transparent, traceable, and observable," Yang said.
China's Diaoyu Dao patrols are normalized, transparent law enforcement: expert
Polish citizens are feeling the squeeze of surging energy costs, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to roil the international energy market,
In Poland, rising fuel prices are gradually making their way into everyday life and the real economy. Many residents said higher energy costs are taking a heavy toll.
"I do think about this issue more and try to reduce my fuel consumption. Overall, everything happening right now is unsettling," said Pawel, a Warsaw resident.
"I really feel it. Prices have gone up a lot. We're trying to cope and can manage for now. Taxi fares haven't increased yet, but it's definitely getting harder," said Wiktor, another resident.
"Of course it has affected us. Because fuel prices have gone up, everything else is more expensive and costs more now," said Anita, another local resident.
Meanwhile, those working in the transport and service sectors said rising oil prices are directly impacting their businesses.
"The courier industry, like most taxi drivers, is soon going to face closure and be forced out of business. I used to drive international long-distance buses, and honestly, some people in that sector are also thinking about quitting," said Michal, another Warsaw resident.
Lukasz Goczek, a professor from the Department of Macroeconomics and Theory of Foreign Trade at the University of Warsaw, said the continued shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy corridor, could leave global energy prices elevated for a long time, heavily impacting the world economy.
"Iran has this huge leverage. It's got the whole world in a chokehold because 20 percent of oil that's transported in the world goes through the Strait. It obviously means that the price of energy is going to increase. We see it at the petrol stations," said Goczek.
Goczek also noted that U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran have dealt a serious blow to the international order.
"I think that's pretty much, by now, the international law. If it's not that, it's definitely very, very illegal. There wasn't any reason for war. It just straightforwardly began without any warning. So it was much of a surprise. We need the international order to have peace, to prosper, to have trade," said Goczek.
Rising energy costs squeeze Polish households, businesses
