This handout picture taken by the Japan Coast Guard shows a Chinese marine surveillance ship cruising near disputed islands -- known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China -- in the East China Sea on... more 

This handout picture taken by the Japan Coast Guard shows a Chinese marine surveillance ship cruising near disputed islands -- known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China -- in the East China Sea on December 17, 2012. China has transferred two destroyers and nine other ex-navy vessels to its maritime surveillance fleet, according to one of China's major news portals less