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A picture taken from a South Korean helicopter shows Chinese fishing boats banded together with ropes being chased by a South Korean coastguard ship. The incident followed alleged illegal fishing by the Chinese boats in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea off Buan, South Korea, on November 16.
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msnbc.com news services report:
South Korea's coastguard has mobilized 12 ships, four helicopters and a commando squad for a special three-day crackdown on illegal fishing by Chinese boats, Agence France Presse reports.
Ten Chinese boats alleged to have been fishing without permission in the Yellow Sea banded together with ropes in an apparent attempt to resist arrest.
In dramatic scenes, some of the Chinese fishermen wielded sticks in an ultimately futile attempt to stop South Korean commandos - themselves armed with clubs - from boarding their vessels.
The U.S. and smaller Asian nations have grown increasingly concerned about China's claims of dominion over Pacific waters and the revival of old territorial disputes, including confrontations over fishing rights.
In a speech to the Australian Parliament on Thursday, President Barack Obama vowed to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and "project power and deter threats to peace" in that part of the world.
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Chinese fishermen wielding sticks try to stop an attack by South Korean coastguard commandos armed with clubs aboard rubber boats (right) during a crackdown on alleged illegal fishing in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea on November 16.
Dong-A Ilbo / AFP - Getty Images
South Korean coastguard commandos board Chinese fishing boats during a crackdown on their alleged illegal fishing in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea on November 16.
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China...what are you doing?
I see satellite photos of your coast line from space and the polution you are dumping in the ocean is really getting bad. Are you at war with the ocean? Are you trying to fish the last fish out of the ocean?
This is just another government supported program of China to take over everything it can touch. And it is why they hate the US naval presence in the region so much. If you think for a second that the absence of the US navy wouldn't lead to a takeover of the sea by China, clear to Japan, then you are a fool.
Maybe it is just to justify further warmongering and inflated military budget so that the 1% get rich and the American taxpayer goes bust. With all the propaganda from the media like the Tonkin incident to justify war in VietNam and Iraq lies it is hard to believe anything the media spews out -propaganda or did it really happened for real.
Maybe China is on the move because they think we are stupid to allow them to dump ALASKAN SALMON packaged by China on American market sold in Wal-Mart where I live along with their slave labor products, pay interest on loans to them because we shipped our economy to them with our capital. They are doing what we have done to the Soviets- go broke by building your military , we will give you the rope (loans ) to hang yourself. How stupid can our leadership get ?
Joe
It is not our leaders, it is us. Our discount retailers and Wall Street bond brokers are also to blame. If we only look at price instead of real costs, then we support the slave labor markets. China has the capital and controls the debt obligations of most of the western world. As Obama says, they need to grow up. If they maintain an "us against the rest of the world" attitude, then they will surely fail in the end. The South Koreans are also a great manufacturing nation, but they also import, and pay their labor reasonable wages. I am impressed by their courage.
Nobody can take credit away from their remarkable achievements in industry, but they can also patronize the great industries of others, which they seem reluctant to do. They'd rather purchase financial bonds than products. They'd rather sink their trade partners into unpayable debt than pay for useful products manufactured by others, and support labor elsewhere.
China can start being a real partner/leader in the world, or they can be remembered for barren seas and extinct rhinos.
Joe-3496279 How stupid can our leadership get ?
Extremely for a $.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57566313/maternity-tourism-how-chinese-couples-buy-u.s-citizenship-for-their-babies/
Oh how harmless........... yea, ok, the children of these wealthy parents have a very high probability of being in good standing with the Party. So....after getting Citizenship for junior, they return to China, junior gets indoctrinated into the Chinese Military, and or trained in infiltration. At 21 with citizen papers in hand, junior comes to the USA, gets a job at XXX and waits for orders.
Think Sun Tzu.......... the Chinese are very patient.
China is acting in a similiar fashion as Japan did prior to WWII. They are using their economy and "muscle" to push their way into the South China Sea and different parts of resource rich Pacific Ocean. They are developing anti-carrier missles SPECIFICALLY to counter our Carrier Fleets in the region. Our NAVY is perhaps the ONLY force in this region that prevents the Chinese or any other country from claiming any of the shipping lanes or forcefully taking the resources in the area. They are threatening to use force to get the terroritories they claim belong to them. Eventually, this is going to come to a breaking point. Eventually there is going to be some kind of crisis, some kind of incident, something that is going to "force" China to take over these areas by force. The countries in these areas have been long term allies of the United States, some of them for centuries. They are VITAL to the free trade and commerce of the world. It would be a GREAT NATIONAL CRISIS if CHINA was to control the trade lanes and resources in these areas. They would effectively shut off at least 50% of foreign trade from the US. Make no mistake, China has some kind of plan that they are implementing. Just watch the news as time progresses to see how much more bold, and violent, these actions become.
this is the reason why china is building up their military power including and especially naval power. we gave them the means to ultimately throw the world into absolute chaos. to make the multinational corporations happy we made the biggest mistake in our history.
Turiddhu -
WE did no such thing. Greedy US Corporations have completely sold us out in pursuit of the "bottom line". I don't care if "it's legal", I don't care if that was not their intent. The effect was the same as if they had intentionally sold us out.
The Chinese are the singlemost greatest threat to the planet, bar none. They have an agenda, with the goal of that agenda being world domination, both economically and physically. The biggest thing the West needs to learn is that the Chinese are patient and deceiving. They will show you one face, whilst the other is preparing to do you in, and all with a lovely smile as they do it. Russia is no longer the real threat, they are nothing more than illiterate peasants with a bad vodka habit and wives who look like tractors.
The Chinese have bided their time carefully and will continue to do so until they deem the time ripe to strike. And strike they will. We here in the USA had better be prepared for it. It will be brutal, ugly, and bitterly fought on many levels. I wouldn't want to be living in the major cities when the ka-ka hits the fan, they will become wastelands of no food, no water and radio-active. This is going to be the ultimate test for the American Republic and peoples. Buck up my fellow Americans and prepare, train yourselves to fight, to live, and to survive. Become self-sufficient, learn to grow food, hunt food, and make a shelter -- you're going to need those skills, which the majority of you do not have.
I disagree. We are the single greatest threat to the planet. We are the only country so far this century that has shown it is willing to invade sovereign nations based on our "national interest". With depleting oil supplies, clean water becoming an issue; we are the greatest threat to other countries. Don't get me wrong, I love this country. In fact I defended it for over 20 years, but I'm not confident in the people who have pulled the strings since the end of WWII that they have our best interests at heart. I believe it has more to do with profit margin.
Cool pictures. Those Chinese are sneaky, aren't they?
If China spent more time fishing in those waters themselves, maybe the Koreans wouldn't be there. What a bunch of slackers.
Tony 1329239 - Well that's about as stupid a comment as it gets.
the coastguard should do a through inspection of all those boats for safety,hazardous waste and "other" violations on top of all the other charges against the ships ,owners and crew , i wouldn't scuttle those filthy craft in korean waters
China is the devil!