1.   Chinese smugglers have become adept at bringing in illegal aliens by air, sea and land.

2.   The Chinese smugglers, though, are different.

3.   They apparently are the customers of Chinese smugglers who are increasingly using the giant container ships that ply the Pacific and visit West Coast ports for their human cargo.

4.   Zhang found a snakehead, a Chinese smuggler, to help him work off the bills.

5.   If the weather is clear, Chinese smugglers can be seen passing by in their long slender wooden boats loaded with goods.

6.   Kyodo News agency reported, however, that some government officials believed that the boat might belong to Chinese smugglers.

7.   Russian border guards in the Far East have also had a busy time spotting Chinese smugglers, who frequently cross the border.

8.   The trawler had Chinese markings, and media reports Saturday said that some Japanese officials initially believed it might belong to Chinese smugglers.

9.   But the Navy separately issued a report saying the intruders were suspected Chinese smugglers.

10.   Vollertsen said the groups would pay Chinese human smugglers who usually bring people into South Korea illegally to ferry the North Koreans.