Lưu trữ Danh mục: South China Sea

China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges

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Chinese fishing boats started swarming the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in mid May. Some had already been drifting around the picturesque reef in the Philippines exclusive economic zone for some time. However, the Chinese boats were not regular fishing vessels, and they weren’t there to fish. They were there to counter a […]