China is hardly unique in fishing waters they aren't meant to. Plenty European countries, including France and Spain, have been doing that kind of thing for dec

China is hardly unique in fishing waters they aren't meant to. Plenty European countries, including France and Spain, have been doing that kind of thing for decades. But the west isn't (literally!) up in arms over that; all the anti-Chinese rhetoric spewed forth by the five eyes is transparent BS, likely designed to manufacture domestic support for when the US decides China needs some "good ole US democracy". China building small bases in disputed territory is slightly concerning, but given how the US builds bases all over the world, it feels deeply hypocritical for the US to complain about China enhancing it's defencive posture - especially with all the anti-Chinese sentiment coming from US Congress. BTW, I liked your "boatloads" pun :)