91.   China confirmed Thursday that two Chinese fishermen were shot dead by a Russian patrol vessel this week, saying Beijing had made representations to Moscow over the incident.

92.   Chinese fishermen from Hainan island frequent the zone.

93.   China and the Philippines are currently embroiled in a dispute over structures built for Chinese fisherman on a Spratlys reef which the Philippines also claims.

94.   China admitted Thursday that it had set up facilities there but said they were shelters for Chinese fishermen and not military bases.

95.   Eighteen Chinese fishermen found in waters off the western Philippine island of Mindoro last month are to be charged with illegal entry, Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said Friday.

96.   Vietnam regularly accuses Chinese fishermen of violating its territorial waters, saying there are several hundred incidents each year.

97.   Kao said the Taiwanese navy would warn intruding Chinese fishermen before firing warning shots near, but not directly at, them.

98.   Ninety-five Chinese fishermen are being held in the western Philippine island of Palawan on charges of illegal fishing, officials said Tuesday.

99.   Sixty-two Chinese fishermen were arrested by Philippine troops in March for poaching in Philippine-claimed territories of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

100.   South Korea on Tuesday lodged a protest with China over a riot by Chinese fishermen in the Yellow Sea last week that left six Korean coastguards injured.