Xinhua News Agency of Singapore wrote on the evening of February 6: "Why is a thousand Chinese fishing boats forming a line in the East China Sea? Amid the continued tension in Sino-Japanese relations over the Taiwan issue, the mainland has, over the past month, twice formed a formation of more than a thousand fishing boats in the main shipping lanes of the East China Sea, like a floating 'Great Wall' exercising a blockade, which has drawn attention from the outside world."
The report cited analysts who believe that this may be a training exercise for a blockade tactic, targeting Taiwan or the Ryukyu Islands. In fact, such comments are deliberately inflaming tensions. Chinese fishing vessels operating in the East China Sea are normal fishing activities, in accordance with international law and relevant Chinese laws and regulations. The so-called "blockade exercise" is merely an unfounded speculation and excessive interpretation by outsiders.
Every time there is a fluctuation in the situation in the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, or South China Sea, certain forces always distort China's normal fishing activities or rights protection actions into so-called "naval militias" with organized behavior. The essence is to hype up the "China threat theory" and disrupt regional peace and stability. China has always adhered to peaceful development, and legally safeguarded its maritime rights and interests. Fishing vessel operations are not targeted at any country and will not cause unnecessary conflicts.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856431265230026/
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