怎么我看到的英文报道截然不同？
BEIJING/TOKYO — China is investigating four Japanese suspected of entering a military zone and illegally videotaping military targets, Xinhua news agency said, in the latest row to threaten ties between Asia's two biggest economies.
The two sides are already locked in an increasingly heated dispute triggered by Japan's detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain whose trawler collided earlier this month with a Japanese patrol boat in waters near islands both sides claim.
Top U.S. defense officials in Washington said they were closely monitoring the dispute and hoped political and diplomatic efforts underway would calm the situation.
"We are watching that tension very, very carefully," Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon.
"Obviously we're very, very strongly in support of our ally in that region, Japan," Mullen told a joint news conference with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who added, "And we would fulfill our alliance responsibilities."
Xinhua said on Thursday, "The state security authorities in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, have taken measures against the four people according to law after receiving a report about their illegal activities." It gave no details.
