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China’s aggressive fishing fleet heading for Australia amid trade war
Beijing’s monster fishing fleet has long since stripped its own waters bare and has mercilessly prowled other oceans. Now they’re coming to Australia.
Jamie Seidel JamieSeidel
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news.com.au
December 19, 2020 10:47pm
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Chinese fishing vessels leave a port in Shishi in Fujian Province on Aug. 16, 2020. A Chinese-set suspension of fishing in the East China Sea ended the same day. Picture: Kyodo News via Getty Images.Source:Getty Images
Beijing’s monster fishing fleet has long since stripped its own waters bare. Now it is aggressively prowling the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans for a catch. And it is coming to Australia.
It grabs as much as it can. As fast as it can. Wherever it can. Not that there is anything entirely unusual about this.
What makes China’s fishing fleet different, however, is that the Communist Party officially sanctions its behaviour. It is organised and overseen by the Communist Party. And it’s used to assert the territorial ambitions of the Communist Party.
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