Nice quote but does Argentina have their head in a dragons mouth? Its not even a negotiation. China wont strongly protest seizure of illegal fishing boats if t

Nice quote but does Argentina have their head in a dragons mouth? Its not even a negotiation. China wont strongly protest seizure of illegal fishing boats if they are fishing in another countries waters. They would if you start gunning citizens down, because in what civilized world is the death penalty an appropriate punishment for theft, not least having no due process etc. As for cat an mouse, you dont have to catch them all, a few seizures will 1) Scare vessels so they look for lower risk waters and 2) They may well keep fishing the fringes, but are less likely to go blatantly deep into territorial waters. And if they sweep in for the largest modern boats it might even be a profitable exercise.