text: Ten missing in north China ship collision . BEIJING 1996-08-27 Ten people were missing after a fishing boat collided with a passenger liner and sank off China 's northeastern province of Liaoning , state radio said on Tuesday . The fishing boat sank and its entire crew was missing after a collision with the " Tiantan " liner off the port of Dalian early on Monday , the report said . It said the liner was heading to Dalian from the northern port of Tianjin , it said . Dalian port officials , contacted by telephone , confirmed the collision but gave no further details .