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There are many examples of different countries shooting Chinese fishing boats. This is just the first example but you can find many more: https://www.youtube.

There are many examples of different countries shooting Chinese fishing boats. This is just the first example but you can find many more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3lkM4t8AaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3lkM4t8AaA

GauntletWizard 6y ago
They fired a series of warning shots. Had the put a dent in that hull, there would have been an immense amount of outrage from China.
- ainiriand 6y ago
  Look at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rMVee0R4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rMVee0R4c And there are examples from other countries too.
ddeck 6y ago
Certainly, but you'll find that in those cases, the Chinese boats were generally operating illegally in areas internationally recognized to belong to other countries. For example the video you linked is of a Chinese boat operating ~350km off the coast of Argentina, which is nearly the opposite side of the world from China. In contrast, the waters claimed by China in the South China Sea are just off the coast of Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and not in close proximity to China [1]. The Permanent Court of Arbitration has also ruled that there is "no legal basis for China to claim historic rights" over the nine-dash line.[2] They are however, very conveniently located over a large number of unexploited oil and gas deposits. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea#/media/File:South_China_Sea_claims_map.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#2016_ruling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#2016_ruling
- jhanschoo 6y ago
  Oil and gas is only a part of it. You also have at least 1) the desire to monopolize security over the sea lines of communication passing through the SCS, and 2) the huge threat to projecting its maritime power posed by the chain of islands from Japan through the Philippines to Indonesia

GauntletWizard 6y ago

They fired a series of warning shots. Had the put a dent in that hull, there would have been an immense amount of outrage from China.

ainiriand 6y ago
Look at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rMVee0R4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rMVee0R4c And there are examples from other countries too.

ddeck 6y ago

Certainly, but you'll find that in those cases, the Chinese boats were generally operating illegally in areas internationally recognized to belong to other countries. For example the video you linked is of a Chinese boat operating ~350km off the coast of Argentina, which is nearly the opposite side of the world from China. In contrast, the waters claimed by China in the South China Sea are just off the coast of Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and not in close proximity to China [1]. The Permanent Court of Arbitration has also ruled that there is "no legal basis for China to claim historic rights" over the nine-dash line.[2] They are however, very conveniently located over a large number of unexploited oil and gas deposits. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea#/media/File:South_China_Sea_claims_map.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#2016_ruling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea#2016_ruling

jhanschoo 6y ago
Oil and gas is only a part of it. You also have at least 1) the desire to monopolize security over the sea lines of communication passing through the SCS, and 2) the huge threat to projecting its maritime power posed by the chain of islands from Japan through the Philippines to Indonesia