41.   China says that the area is within the exclusive economic zone of the South China Sea archipelago.

42.   China says the area is within the exclusive economic zone of the Spratly Islands, which it disputes with several countries including Vietnam.

43.   China claims the area which is says lies within an exclusive economic zone around the Spratly Islands, which are disputed by several countries.

44.   China was paying close attention to the Japanese use of military force against the boat, Zhang said, noting that it sank in the Chinese exclusive economic zone.

45.   Fishing affairs are the biggest factor in efforts to redraw new boundaries under the UN convention allowing exclusive economic zones in seas around each country.

46.   The unofficial translation of a statement on the policy decision by the South Korean government for the proclamation of the exclusive economic zone.

47.   The survivors said the incident took place in an area where claimed exclusive economic zones overlapped.

48.   Tokyo has adopted the same approach with Beijing which claims additional islands which would fall into the exclusive Japanese economic zone.

49.   Japan and South Korea have both declared exclusive economic zones covering the Sea of Japan islands, known by South Koreans as Tokdo and by Japanese as Takeshima.

50.   Japanese law allows coastguards to investigate and seize foreign boats which infringe its exclusive economic zone.