1.   A Hong Kong activist drowned after jumping into the sea when Japanese ships blocked a protest flotilla from approaching the islands.

2.   A Hong Kong activist drowned off the islands at the end of September during a protest expedition from the British colony.

3.   Last year, a Hong Kong activist drowned after jumping into waters near the islands off one of several protest boats from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

4.   Last September, a Hong Kong activist drowned after jumping into waters near the islands from protest ships that had arrived from the British colony.

5.   A leading Hong Kong activist drowned in one protest.