Miscellaneous News

Janiz said:

Yeah, Europe in biggest moral crisis since WWII is indeed a great example of 'moving away from religion' with Muslims replacing Christians in countries like France, UK or Germany... An example to follow for China I assume.

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CNN said:

Buenos Aires (CNN)Argentina's coast guard says it sank a Chinese fishing vessel that was fishing in a restricted area off the South American country's coast.

The Argentine Naval Prefecture chased and eventually sank the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 vessel after detecting it illegally fishing within the country's exclusive economic zone, officials said Tuesday.

First, according to

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, warning shots were fired. The Chinese vessel, Argentine authorities said, responded by turning off its lights and deliberately trying to crash.

"On distinct occasions, the offending boat realized maneuvers aimed at colliding with the coast guard, putting not only its own crew at risk, but also the personnel of the coast guard," the statement said.

That's why the coast guard opened fire, Argentine officials said.

The vessel sank, and four people on board -- three crew members and the captain -- were rescued by Argentina's coast guard.

China said that the other 28 crew members who'd been on the Chinese vessel were saved by Chinese fishing vessels nearby.

Argentina's foreign ministry and the Chinese consulate have been notified, the coast guard said.

China calls for investigation

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Argentina to investigate the incident and ensure the safety of the crew.

The statement added that the Chinese embassy in Argentina had "urgently taken up the matter" with Argentine authorities.

China said the incident took place on Monday morning when the Chinese fishing vessel was fired upon by the Argentine coast guard after being chased for hours.

"As a result, water entered the vessel's body and the vessel began to sink," the statement said.

Video posted on YouTube by the coast guard shows the Chinese boat listing to one side during the operation.

The incident began Monday near Puerto Madryn, Argentina, the coast guard said, within the 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone off the country's coast.

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Jura said:

now I've realized BHO is on his way to Cuba as I write ... what the heck!?

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Dolcevita said:

Historic day for the betterment of Mankind. Hopefully no turning back now,

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(of course I didn't and Moderators just remove this line if it's too much)

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Naval Today said:

A heavily armed Chinese patrol vessel on March 19 ordered a smaller Indonesian Navy vessel to free a Chinese fishing boat caught fishing illegally in the Natuna Sea, which is in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone.

While Indonesian authorities were forced to escort the fishing boat outside their waters, local media reported that eight crew members of the fishing boat were detained and taken to Indonesia.

Infuriated by the act, the Indonesian ministry of foreign affairs sent a protest note to China.

Local media also reported that this was not the first this has happened as in March 2013 a similar incident occurred where Indonesian authorities were, again, forced to comply with Chinese due to the size and armament of the Chinese vessel.

The incident in Indonesia happened just five days after the Argentine Navy

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a Chinese boat fishing illegally in Argentine waters. The fishing boat refused to stop after being caught and reportedly even tried to ram an Argentine Navy vessel. The authorities then shot into different sections of the boat which caused it to sink.

To remind, China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea have caused tensions in the region as the state claims most of the territory.

U.S. Navy officials, in response to China’s militarization of the South China Sea, said they would

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in the contested region. The U.S. Navy patrols have previously caused tensions when Chinese officials claimed that U.S. Navy destroyers, USS Lassen and USS Curtis Wilbur,

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of Chinese artificially-built islands in the South China Sea.

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Forbes said:

Indonesia protest breach of sovereignty after coastguards clash

China’s fishing fleet got itself involved in a second diplomatic incident for the second time in a week–and this time, it used force to secure a better outcome.

Only days after Argentina sank a Chinese fishing boat that it alleged was fishing illegally in its waters, a Chinese coastguard ship intervened to stop Indonesia impounding another trawler that Jakarta said was fishing illegally in the Natuna Sea, an area between Peninsular Malaysia and the Malaysian province of Sarawak on Borneo island.

An Indonesian patrol boat had arrested the trawler’s crew after firing warning shots in the air when it approached the Chinese trawler. It was towing the Kway Fey away when the Chinese coastguard rammed the trawler, allowing it to break free and escape, according to the Indonesian government.

The incident is another worrying sign of China’s increased willingness to assert its interests by force in a neighborhood that its views as its backyard. It also comes only weeks after Beijing deployed anti-aircraft missile batteries to a disputed chain of islands in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest and most strategically important sea-lanes.

Indonesia is not embroiled in rival claims with China over the South China Sea and has instead seen itself as an “honest broker” in disputes between China and the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.

But the incident has angered it and led to its questioning of its work to promote peace.

“We feel interrupted and sabotaged in our efforts,” fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti told reporters in Jakarta after meeting Chinese embassy officials to discuss the incident.

“We may take it to the international tribunal of the law of the sea,” Pudjiastuti said.

Indonesia’s Deputy navy chief, Arie Henrycus Sembiring, told the news conference the navy would send bigger vessels to back up its patrol boats in the region.

On Monday, China‘s foreign ministry repeated that the fishing boat was operating in “traditional Chinese fishing grounds,” again demanded the fishermen be released and added the Chinese coastguard vessel did not enter Indonesian waters.

Pudjiastuti said the eight detained Chinese fishermen would be processed in accordance with Indonesian law.

China and Indonesia do not contest the sovereignty of the Natuna islands and the seas around them: both agree they are part of Indonesia. A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman reiterated that on Monday.

The incident isn’t the first of its kind, even between China and Indondesia. In March 2013, armed Chinese vessels confronted an Indonesian fisheries patrol boat and demanded the release of Chinese fishermen who had been apprehended in Natuna waters.

Similarly, in 2010, a Chinese maritime enforcement vessel compelled an Indonesian patrol boat to release another illegal Chinese trawler.

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Jeff Head said:

Surprised I have not seen this here on SD yet:

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also...

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I wonder which type of Chinese patrol boat fereed the fishing vessel?

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