Multiple foreign ships are impersonating Chinese vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and avoiding risks has become a common practice.

Many countries' ships are impersonating Chinese identity to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, be vigilant against some countries taking advantage

After the passage through the Strait of Hormuz was blocked, the number of "Chinese ships" on the water suddenly increased.

Data from a ship tracking platform shows that in the past week, at least 10 foreign ships have tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz by impersonating "Chinese ships".

All it takes is to change the information on the ship's transponder, modifying the captain or crew's information to "Chinese nationality", and there is an opportunity to deceive the Iranian forces and pass through the strait smoothly.

A shipping expert told the reporter that the destination information on board can be freely modified, written however they want. They often fill in the country with the lowest risk, which is a deceptive act but works well in most cases.

In previous Red Sea conflicts, the Houthi armed forces of Yemen attacked American and British ships passing through, and at that time, many ships changed their information to "China-owned" to avoid risks. Looking around, there were countless ships flying the Five-Star Red Flag on the Red Sea.

Aside from using the Chinese flag, some ships also modified their information to "owned by Islamic countries", such as Turkey. Unlike the Gulf countries, Turkey has not allowed the US to use its bases to attack Iran in this round of Middle East conflict, so it has not been involved in the conflict.

As expected, this ship impersonating Turkish identity passed through the dangerous waters smoothly, and then restored its original identity.

For both Iran and the passing ships, this is unavoidable. Iranian forces cannot check every ship's information carefully, and not all passing ships are related to the US and Israel, everyone has their own difficulties.

However, if some countries with ulterior motives impersonate Chinese identity, it may bring unnecessary trouble to China. Therefore, it is necessary to set up some barriers for identifying identities to prevent people from taking advantage.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1858977076531264/

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