Fishing boat diplomacy: How China uses civilian vessels to assert control at sea
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#73PNZ)
In recent months, analysts have noticed something odd happening in the middle of the East China Sea: Satellite images and ship tracking data show thousands of Chinese fishing boats arrayed in a perfectly straight line. William Yang, a Taipei-based senior analyst with Crisis Group, tells Host Marco Werman that this is an attempt by Beijing to build up its capabilities to assert control over disputed and critical waters.