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China Now Demonstrating A Pattern Of Aggression To Everyone Else In Region
China in recent years has been sending its fishing craft into the waters of Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. South Korea catches 300 Chinese trawlers a year in South Korean waters.

Beijing, it appears, has been using fishing boats in quasi-military roles, proxies for the country's navy. The New York Times reports that American and Asian officials believe Chinese fishing boat incidents are increasing throughout the region.
Whether or not they believe it, others have been acting of indisputable facts.
As Beijing seeks to control its territorial waters--and the waters of others--we can expect to see other clashes involving Chinese civilian vessels. The Saturday episode, if viewed by itself, appears minor. Yet, unfortunately, it fits within a multi-year string of aggressive acts by Chinese boats throughout East Asia and a general trend of China's increased hostility toward neighbors.
Not hostility, arrogance. I'm sure it's mostly nothing personal.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=312281