Chinese activists deported from Japan for sailing to Japanese-controlled isles in the East China Sea returned to Hong Kong Friday, with supporters giving them a hero's welcome at the airport.
Families, friends and supporters waved Chinese flags and held up a welcome banner as they greeted five activists, a Hong Kong-based television reporter and a cameraman who flew back to Hong Kong on a commercial flight.
Japan on Friday deported all 14 people who sailed to one of the Senkaku Islands, known in China as Diaoyu, arriving there Wednesday.