Treat China's fishing flotillas for the pirates they are, writes TomRTweets
Chinese President Xi Jinping claims that China seeks only"win-win cooperation" with the rest of the world. The weight of his global action proves the grievous lie of his rhetoric.
Still, one lesser-known example of Xi's dishonesty comes from the havoc that China's fishing flotillas are wreaking. These fishing fleets are depleting vulnerable fishing stocks, destroying the lives of impoverished local fishermen, and gutting international maritime law. Their actions represent a modern version of piracy. They require forceful riposte.Take what's happening in international waters off Ecuador, near the Galapagos Islands wildlife sanctuary.
The U.S. should also push leaders such as France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Olaf Scholz, who talk a great deal about environmental issues, to put their navies where their mouths are. The obvious moral and ecological import of countering illegal fishing makes this a key test as to whether those and other Western leaders are willing to draw any red lines in their dealings with Beijing.
The international community has effectively confronted Somali pirates in recognition of their threat. Chinese pirates shouldn't get a free pass simply because their masters are more powerful.
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