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same reason you would lie about the total amount of vessels in the first place. here are 1/10 of the Chinese fishing fleet - 1/10! just outside of the Galapago

same reason you would lie about the total amount of vessels in the first place. here are 1/10 of the Chinese fishing fleet - 1/10! just outside of the Galapagos Islands. the Chinese say they have 2,600 vessels - weird how exactly 260 of those are just off the coast of a UNESCO World Heritage site fishing illegally. yes, the boatrs in international waters, but their fishing lines aren't. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/08/09/over-200-chinese-fishing-vessels-are-dangerously-close-to-galpagos-marine-reserve/#34ed66fc5eec https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/08/09/over-20... it's not "inconsistent propaganda" it's under-reporting and outright lying, which is par for the course when it comes to the CCP.

ethbro 6y ago
I think people ascribe motive to a lot of Chinese behavior, where it's probably more an issue of perspective. In China, as near as I can tell, 2-3 generations have been raised with the understanding that truth is always subordinate to the goals of the CCP. In fact, if not in abstract. That's one thing, internal to a country. That's very different when you're talking international diplomacy. And yet it seems like China follows this exact playbook in that arena too. It has to make for some awkward conversations when a diplomat is swearing (and believing, inasmuch as doublethink is possible) that the fleet numbers X, when another country is providing literal evidence that it's 5X.