South China Sea: Fishing Vessels in China Serve as Proxy Enforcers
Aug 17, 2014
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Wendel Minnick, Defense News
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TAIPEI — China’s use of swarming tactics with fishing vessels to project and protect Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea appears unstoppable, experts say.
The latest example in May was the placement of a Chinese oil rig within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, which was protected by more than 70 maritime security and fishing vessels.