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1. #China has been involved in illegal fishing in #EEZ of over 80 countries with over 10 million hrs of fishing.
This is a mega report and tweet thread on #Chinese illegal fishing in world's oceans and its impacts.
Read/download the complete report:
ij-reportika.com/the-illegal-ch…
This is a mega report and tweet thread on #Chinese illegal fishing in world's oceans and its impacts.
Read/download the complete report:
ij-reportika.com/the-illegal-ch…
2. The #Chinese fleet is often found guilty of #overfishing,
killing protected species,
falsifying licenses and docs,
#espionage,
seizing territories &
producing tons of sea #waste.
Read/download the complete report:
ij-reportika.com/the-illegal-ch…
#ChinaIllegalFishing
killing protected species,
falsifying licenses and docs,
#espionage,
seizing territories &
producing tons of sea #waste.
Read/download the complete report:
ij-reportika.com/the-illegal-ch…
#ChinaIllegalFishing
3. IUU: #China has been consistently ranked num. 1 on various parameters of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) rankings.
According to the IUU rankings report 2021, over 60% of its vessels are involved in IUU fishing worldwide.
#ChinaIllegalFishing
According to the IUU rankings report 2021, over 60% of its vessels are involved in IUU fishing worldwide.
#ChinaIllegalFishing
New @ForeignPolicy article + slide deck:
7 #China #MaritimeMilitia ships ID'ed @ #WhitsunReef/ #UnionBanks in #SouthChinaSea!
Great to publish w/ @NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime colleague @rdmartinson88. And always a pleasure to work w/ @BeijingPalmer!
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/29/chi…
7 #China #MaritimeMilitia ships ID'ed @ #WhitsunReef/ #UnionBanks in #SouthChinaSea!
Great to publish w/ @NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime colleague @rdmartinson88. And always a pleasure to work w/ @BeijingPalmer!
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/29/chi…
#BottomLine:
***At the very least, 7 People's #ArmedForces #MaritimeMilitia (#PAFMM) vessels have been operating at the #Spratly Islands’ #UnionBanks, including #WhitsunReef—both during the past month & multiple times over the past year.
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/29/chi…
@ForeignPolicy
***At the very least, 7 People's #ArmedForces #MaritimeMilitia (#PAFMM) vessels have been operating at the #Spratly Islands’ #UnionBanks, including #WhitsunReef—both during the past month & multiple times over the past year.
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/29/chi…
@ForeignPolicy
Thanks to research w/ @rdmartinson88, building on @GregPoling's
Spotlight's now on #Taishan #PAFMM vessels #Yuetaiyu 18000, 18111, 18222, 18333, 18555, 18666, 18777, 18888 & 18999—“The Fancheng Nine”—from a #FarSeas Militia #Squadron (#远海民兵大队) that doesn’t actually fish...
Spotlight's now on #Taishan #PAFMM vessels #Yuetaiyu 18000, 18111, 18222, 18333, 18555, 18666, 18777, 18888 & 18999—“The Fancheng Nine”—from a #FarSeas Militia #Squadron (#远海民兵大队) that doesn’t actually fish...
Ambassador Huang, allow me to recommend:
The #China #MaritimeMilitia #Bookshelf--
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/the-ch…
Includes multiple official items from your own government on your nation's #ThirdSeaForce.
China is often more transparent in #Chinese :)
Truth best limits "speculation"
The #China #MaritimeMilitia #Bookshelf--
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/the-ch…
Includes multiple official items from your own government on your nation's #ThirdSeaForce.
China is often more transparent in #Chinese :)
Truth best limits "speculation"
And here's #China's own official state media documenting progress of its #MaritimeMilitia... in plain #English!
english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/…
News Channels/China Military News
Maritime militia increases drills, expands in scope
Source: China Daily Editor: Yao Jianing
2016-02-02 17:16
english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/…
News Channels/China Military News
Maritime militia increases drills, expands in scope
Source: China Daily Editor: Yao Jianing
2016-02-02 17:16
But don't take my word for it, read #ChinaDaily:
"As the People's Liberation Army upgrades its navy, commissioning dozens of new ships under a watchful global eye,a less noticed force,China's maritime militia, is also improving its operational capability."
english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/…
"As the People's Liberation Army upgrades its navy, commissioning dozens of new ships under a watchful global eye,a less noticed force,China's maritime militia, is also improving its operational capability."
english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/…
Revealing #testimony from @INDOPACOM Commander #Admiral Phil #Davidson @SASCDems/@SASCGOP @HASCDemocrats/@HASCRepublicans!
Ideally, read 41 pp. “US #IndoPacific Command Posture”:
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
No time? See my excerpts: bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/testim…
Ideally, read 41 pp. “US #IndoPacific Command Posture”:
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
No time? See my excerpts: bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/testim…
"The greatest danger for the United States in this competition is the erosion of conventional deterrence..Absent a convincing deterrent, the [PRC] will be emboldened to take action to undermine the rules-based international order"
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
ADM Davidson:
"In September 2020, #Cambodia razed a #US-built facility on #Ream Naval Base that served as the headquarters for the National Committee on Maritime Security, reportedly in order to make way for a #PRC #naval #base."
armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-03…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
"In September 2020, #Cambodia razed a #US-built facility on #Ream Naval Base that served as the headquarters for the National Committee on Maritime Security, reportedly in order to make way for a #PRC #naval #base."
armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-03…
bit.ly/AdmiralDavidson
Check out new report by @zacharyhaver:
“#Sansha City in #China’s #SouthChinaSea Strategy: Building a System of Administrative Control”
bit.ly/SanshaCITY
Great @ChinaMaritime Report #12 continues #CMSI tradition @NavalWarCollege!
andrewerickson.com/2021/01/cmsi-c…
With>20 exhibits
“#Sansha City in #China’s #SouthChinaSea Strategy: Building a System of Administrative Control”
bit.ly/SanshaCITY
Great @ChinaMaritime Report #12 continues #CMSI tradition @NavalWarCollege!
andrewerickson.com/2021/01/cmsi-c…
With>20 exhibits
Back in 2017, @ChinaMaritime Studies Institute Director @peter_dutton approved my proposal for a #China #Maritime #Report series & invited @KennedyMaritime & me to contribute the inaugural report.
11 editions later, this series is better than ever!
@zacharyhaver's work = proof.
11 editions later, this series is better than ever!
@zacharyhaver's work = proof.
#China established #SanshaCity in 2012 to administer most of its #territorial & #maritime claims in the #SouthChinaSea.
@zacharyhaver probes nearly a decade's developments there with insights & detail that will amaze & fascinate many.
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewconten…
#MustRead #MustSee
@zacharyhaver probes nearly a decade's developments there with insights & detail that will amaze & fascinate many.
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewconten…
#MustRead #MustSee
#US #TriService #MARITIME #STRATEGY!
Focus on #China & #Russia = 2 most significant geopol threats to global peace & prosperity—
Clear stakes:
"China has implemented a strategy & revisionist approach that aims at the heart of the US’ #maritime power."
media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/17/20…
Focus on #China & #Russia = 2 most significant geopol threats to global peace & prosperity—
Clear stakes:
"China has implemented a strategy & revisionist approach that aims at the heart of the US’ #maritime power."
media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/17/20…
"... our three #Sea Services have watched with alarm the growing #naval #power of the People’s Republic of #China & the increasingly aggressive behavior of the Russian Federation.
Our globally deployed naval forces interact w/ #Chinese & #Russian #warships & #aircraft daily."
Our globally deployed naval forces interact w/ #Chinese & #Russian #warships & #aircraft daily."
"We witness firsthand their increasing sophistication and growing aggressiveness. ... The People’s Republic of #China represents the most pressing, long-term strategic threat."
media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/17/20…
media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/17/20…
#FullText of Press Statement by @SecPompeo @StateDept, “U.S. Position on #Maritime Claims in the #SouthChinaSea,” 13 July 2020:
bit.ly/SecPompeoSCS
"The United States champions a free & open Indo-Pacific. ..."
andrewerickson.com/2020/07/secret…
(Maps from @NavalInstitute @USNIBooks)
bit.ly/SecPompeoSCS
"The United States champions a free & open Indo-Pacific. ..."
andrewerickson.com/2020/07/secret…
(Maps from @NavalInstitute @USNIBooks)
"Today we are strengthening U.S. policy in a vital, contentious part of that region — the #SouthChinaSea. We are making clear: #Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them."
"In the #SouthChinaSea, we seek to preserve peace and stability, uphold #freedom of the #seas in a manner consistent with international #law, maintain the unimpeded flow of #commerce, and oppose any attempt to use coercion or force to settle disputes."
bit.ly/SecPompeoSCS
bit.ly/SecPompeoSCS
Stuck @ home wondering where China & world are headed? Read #TheChinaQuestions—36 @Harvard @FairbankCenter chs. ed. by Profs. @MichaelSzonyi & Rudolf!
Order: amazon.com/gp/product/067…
English: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/china-question…
中文: bit.ly/FairbankCenter
한국어: bit.ly/ChinaQuestions
Order: amazon.com/gp/product/067…
English: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/china-question…
中文: bit.ly/FairbankCenter
한국어: bit.ly/ChinaQuestions
See great chapters by Profs. Elizabeth Perry, Joe Fewsmith, Rod MacFarquhar, Mark Elliott, Ya-Wen Lei, Arunabh Ghosh, Yuhua Wang, Arne Westad, Robert Ross, Ian Johnston, Steve Goldstein, Ezra Vogel, Richard Cooper, Dwight Perkins, Meg Rithmire, Mark Wu, Tony Saich, Nara Dillon...
..Michael McElroy, Karen Thornber, Susan Greenhalgh, James Robson, Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Bill Alford, Bill Kirby, Michael Puett, Rowan Flad, Peter Bol, Wai-Yee Li, David Der-wei Wang, Jie Li, Stephen Owen & Paul Cohen!
Honored to join them in this @FairbankCenter project!
Honored to join them in this @FairbankCenter project!
“Andrew Erickson, a maritime militia expert @NavalWarCollege, recently called for the US to “deal with China’s sea forces holistically” & state clearly that it expected China’s #Navy, #CoastGuard & #MaritimeMilitia to follow international rules.” ft.com/content/ab4b16… #PAFMM
“He added that the US had to ‘accept some friction and force Beijing to choose between de-escalating — the preferred US outcome — or to move up against a US red line that China would prefer to avoid’.” amp.ft.com/content/ab4b16…
"The US navy has been conducting FONOPS..sends warships through disputed waters to prevent a claimant from denying others access in violation of int'l law. Analysts have long pushed for a more effective US response to counter China’s mix of mil, paramil & econ coercive measures."
Mark Valencia—Adjunct Senior Scholar, National Institute for #SouthChinaSea Studies, Haikou, China—uses Xinhua-like language to accuse @GregPoling @CSIS @AsiaMTI of "Beating the drum for the narrative of the Chinese '#MaritimeMilitia' threat" in #IPPReview
ippreview.com/index.php/Blog…
ippreview.com/index.php/Blog…
Valencia cited my piece with @KennedyMaritime in @ForeignAffairs, but that's a 2016 publication.
The latest is here: andrewerickson.com/2019/01/the-ch… & apdf-magazine.com/maritime-numbe….
Instead of piling on @GregPoling, let's "Seek Truth from (Many) Facts" regarding #China's #MaritimeMilitia.
The latest is here: andrewerickson.com/2019/01/the-ch… & apdf-magazine.com/maritime-numbe….
Instead of piling on @GregPoling, let's "Seek Truth from (Many) Facts" regarding #China's #MaritimeMilitia.
And while we're at it, can those in the know give us the full scoop on #IPPReview?
"operated by International Public Policy Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company which is independent of any organization"
ippreview.com/index.php/Inde…
Wording sounds rather abstract & mysterious..
"operated by International Public Policy Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company which is independent of any organization"
ippreview.com/index.php/Inde…
Wording sounds rather abstract & mysterious..
The US should regain the strategic initiative by laying down a “Googleable” trail of online info rapidly accessible to all, particularly when China's #MaritimeMilitia rises to the forefront.
Here's a start, based on 4+ years' research @NavalWarCollege:
andrewerickson.com/2018/11/secdef…
Here's a start, based on 4+ years' research @NavalWarCollege:
andrewerickson.com/2018/11/secdef…
To preempt and counteract propaganda, the US must get out in front of the #PAFMM problem with its own authoritative statements, including a fact sheet and an encounter documentation website.
nationalinterest.org/feature/shinin…
nationalinterest.org/feature/shinin…
Open-source researchers, including @ChinaMaritime Studies Institute @NavalWarCollege, have already published extensive scholarship to help reveal #China's #MaritimeMilitia.
The Office of Naval Intelligence @USNavy could be asked to fill in the gaps.
nationalinterest.org/feature/shinin…
The Office of Naval Intelligence @USNavy could be asked to fill in the gaps.
nationalinterest.org/feature/shinin…
hearing—"#China's Worldwide #Military Expansion" is a dramatic bellwether of growing concerns in Washington & beyond.
Now online—hard-hitting arguments + many data points, some deeply-analyzed yet hard to find elsewhere in public domain:
bit.ly/HouseIC
Now online—hard-hitting arguments + many data points, some deeply-analyzed yet hard to find elsewhere in public domain:
bit.ly/HouseIC
CAPT Jim Fanell, USN Ret, former @USPacificFleet N2:
"today, the PLA Navy consists of over 330 surface ships & 66 submarines, nearly 400 combatants. As of 4 May 2018, the @USNavy consists of 283 battle force ships: 211 surface ships and 72 submarines."
bit.ly/HouseIC
"today, the PLA Navy consists of over 330 surface ships & 66 submarines, nearly 400 combatants. As of 4 May 2018, the @USNavy consists of 283 battle force ships: 211 surface ships and 72 submarines."
bit.ly/HouseIC
"By 2030, it is estimated [by Fanell & @SCheneyPeters in their chapter in @NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime Studies Institute's Chinese Naval Shipbuilding volume amazon.com/Chinese-Naval-… @USNIBooks that] the PLANavy will consist of some 550 ships: 450 surface ships & 99 submarines."
