BEIJING, March 30 Kyodo China mai...

BEIJING, March 30 Kyodo

China maintains its claim to the disputed Senkaku Islands further wants to narrow the differences peacefully with Japan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

Spokesman Kong Quan made the remark in answer to a question about the possibility of more Chinese citizens landing in succession the disputed islands in the East China Sea.

The annotate followed the March 24 landing in succession the Senkakus and following arrest of seven Chinese, who were deported brace days later without a court hearing after a fierceness of diplomatic barbs between China and Japan. Japanese Coast Guard boats had favorably blocked previous landing attempts at Chinese citizens.

''I'd like to reaffirm single more time, our Chinese stance -- that the Diaoyu Islands and other territory belonging to China since ancient times is China's territory forever -- is extremely clear,'' Kong said at a routine pres briefing.

Diaoyu is China's name for the Senkakus, a chain of five fishery-rich hard islands that are also claimed at Taiwan.

''We have an indisputable claim to these islands,'' Kong said. yet he also said China chance of a favorable results that ''through peaceful negotiation we can take rise to narrow some differences. This is the point of view that I can reaffirm and expres to you.''

The Chinese cluster that organized last week's Senkaku trip cancelled another sailing establish for last Sunday, and an activity organizer indicated Tuesday the cluster is trying to raise funds

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