日本抗议外国记者登日韩争议岛

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BBC Chinese, Oct 5, 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 005_japan_bbc.shtml

(2) 露西·威廉森, 特写：踏上日韩争议岛屿所见所闻. BBC Chinese, Oct 5, 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... japan_islands.shtml

, which is translated from
Lucy Williamson, Stepping ashore a disputed island. BBC, Oct 5, 2012.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19841335

Note: The report states, "When they [tourists] leave, the police chief himself waves them off - loneliness is the biggest problem here, he said.”
(a) wave (v). Oxford Advanced American Dictionary, undated
http://oaadonline.oxfordlearners ... m/dictionary/wave_2
(wave someone off: "to wave goodbye to someone as they are leaving <We all stood in the road and waved our visitors off>")
(b) But there is another meaning:
wave. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wave
("wave off: to dismiss or refuse by waving the hand or arm: waved off his invitation to join the group")