NZZ: China’s Coast Guard Is More Than a Police Force. It’s an Instrument of Power. Nur eine grosse Seepolizei? Nein, Chinas Küstenwache ist ein Instrument zur Machtausübung
China’s Coast Guard Is More Than a Police Force. It’s an Instrument of Power.
A #PRC Chinese Coast Guard vessel is maneuvering near #ScarboroughReef in the #SouthChina#Sea. Beijing's recent activities in the region are causing continued tensions.
May 19th - Select Committee on the CCP
600+ vessels in coordinated East China Sea formations, buoys in the Yellow Sea, sustained South China Sea patrols. A decade of coercion below threshold.
See How China Is Gaining Power in Contested Waters - Chinese fishing vessels pushed within 150 miles of a U.S. naval base in Japan last month, the latest maneuver in a decades long campaign
About 200 Chinese fishing boats—part of China’s state-directed maritime fleet—recently pushed further east in the Yellow Sea. Some came within 150 miles of the Japanese city of Sasebo, home to a core U.S. naval base, according to ship-tracking data provided by geospatial analysis firm ingeniSPACE and verified by The Wall Street Journal.