A pair of People’s Liberation Army Navy frigates sailed around Japan’s southwest islands from this week, while a People’s Liberation Army Navy intelligence ship transited the Miyako Strait to enter the East China Sea. On Thursday at noon local time, People’s Liberation Army Navy frigates CNS Changzhou (549), and CNS Luan (611) were sighted sailing northwest in an area 43 miles southwest of Yonaguni Island. The two People’s Liberation Army Navy frigates then sailed north in the waters between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan and were subsequently sighted sailing north in an area 50 miles west of Uotsuri Island.