China is taking a very bellicose view of the global commos.
From the Associated Press, November 1:
This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, a much different kind of geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific Ocean.
Thousands of miles away, a heavily-armed U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed up to a fleet of a few hundred Chinese squid-fishing boats not far from Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Its mission: inspect the vessels for any signs of illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing.
Boarding ships on the high seas is a perfectly legal if little-used tool available to any sea power as part of the collective effort to protect the oceans’ threatened fish stocks.
But in this case, the Chinese captains of several fishing boats did something unexpected. Three vessels sped away, one turning aggressively 90 degrees toward the Coast Guard cutter James, forcing the American vessel to take evasive action to avoid being rammed....
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Previously:- Indonesia steps up South China Sea patrols after fishing boat spat with Beijing
- "China Threatens a Bold Grab for Japanese Territory This Month. Who's Next?"
- "Watch Out: China Cannot Feed Itself"
- "Why the next big battle may not be fought over treasure or territory—but for fish"
- "Report: Chinese Vessel Rams Vietnamese Fishing Boat in S. China Sea"
- "China’s Fishing Fleet, the World’s Largest, Drives Beijing’s Global Ambitions"
