Activists proud of ocean odyssey to disputed Diaoyu Islands

They might have forgotten to bring enough food and fuel for their voyage, but the activists who made history yesterday by landing on the disputed Diaoyu Islands say carrying their country's flag was enough.
The activists on board the Hong Kong fishing boat Kai Fung No2 planted the Chinese flag on one of the islands - for the first time since 1996 - after sailing for 15 hours and being shadowed by Japanese ships.
Japan, Taiwan and the mainland claim ownership of the Diaoyus.
Tsang Kin-shing, one of the activists, could not hide his euphoria as he counted down their approach by satellite telephone to Hong Kong.
"One metre left … put down the ladder … let's go into the water," he said, before the group sang the national anthem.
"We have all kinds of flags - communist [with the hammer and sickle], national [with five stars] and Hong Kong's flag," Tsang said.
Captain Yeung Hong, also an activist, said: "Every hour of the voyage was a surprise to me, a surprising victory."
