Nineteen missing after China fishing boat sinks

BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Nineteen people were missing on Sunday after a Liberian ship collided with a fishing boat in the East China Sea, the Xinhua news agency said.

Only one person was rescued after the accident late on Saturday in which the fishing boat, from the eastern province of Zhejiang, capsized, Xinhua said, quoting the Zhejiang Maritime Affairs Bureau.

It gave no further details. (Reporting by Nick Macfie; editing by Roger Crabb)