by Bill Gertz
China’s imposition of new restrictions on foreign fishing in the South China Sea is a “dangerous and provocative” measure, the State Department said on Thursday.
“The passing of these restrictions on other countries’ fishing activities in disputed portions of the South China Sea is a provocative and potentially dangerous act,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.
“These regulations appear to apply to the maritime space within China’s so-called nine-dash line,” she said. “China has not offered any explanation or basis under international law for these extensive maritime claims.”
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China probably sees the Fukushima disaster killing the pacific ocean and marine life east of Japan and wants to lock in that harvest area for their own people. Can you blame them if that is the case?