China/South China Sea: How China’s Fishermen Are Fighting a Covert War in the South China Sea

Apr 12, 2016 | Simon Denyer, Washington Post
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In the disputed waters of the South China Sea, fishermen are the wild card. China is using its vast fishing fleet as the advance guard to press its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, experts say. That is not only putting Beijing on a collision course with its Asian neighbors, but also introducing a degree of unpredictability that raises the risks of periodic crises.