Nineteen people are missing after their fishing boat collided with a Liberian-registered ship in the East China Sea, state press reported Sunday.
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One person was rescued after the local fishing boat sank, it said.
The Liberian vessel, named the "Taisu 10", was heading from South Korea to Taiwan, the report said, indicating that the ship could be owned by a Taiwanese company.
No other details of the collision were provided, including whether the Liberian vessel suffered any damage or casualties on board.
By early Sunday, a helicopter and more than 30 rescue and fishing boats were searching for survivors, but cold water temperatures would make survival difficult, the report said.
The accident occurred nine days after a Zhejiang fishing boat bound for Shanghai sank in the East China Sea, leaving 16 people missing despite an extensive search for survivors.