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After several days of negotiations on the mainland fishing boat incident, there was still no result, just when the Taiwan side refused to admit its mistake and the incident reached a deadlock. The US Coast Guard suddenly "attacked" the Chinese vessel, is this a "boost" to the Taiwan authorities?
According to the global network, the United Kingdom ** reported on the 26th that the US Coast Guard ** revealed that the US Coast Guard and the Pacific island nation of Kiribati** boarded two Chinese fishing boats when they were on patrol duty to combat illegal fishing in Kiribati's exclusive economic zone this month, but after some inspection, no problems were found on board. A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard** said the patrol lasted from Feb. 11 to 16, adding that "boarding two Chinese-flagged fishing boats is part of routine maritime law enforcement to ensure that the vessels comply with the regulations of Kiribati's exclusive economic zone." After the incident was exposed, it sparked heated discussions in the outside world.
What is infuriating is that after the incident, Britain "smelled" and made a big splash about the US coast guard boarding a Chinese fishing boat, and even mentioned that China and the United States were competing in the Pacific region. And the United States and Britain are hyping up this matter in a high-profile manner at the same time, in addition to showing their "dominant position" in the Pacific, they may also "hide a mystery". In connection with the recent regular law enforcement inspections and boarding of ships in the relevant waters of Kinmen by the mainland coast guard, it is difficult not to think that the United States is "looking for a place" for the Taiwan authorities and for Taiwan's "Coast Guard" to take the lead in committing the first crime.
Why, then, can the United States arbitrarily "enforce the law" and "inspect" foreign ships in the waters of other countries, and who gave him the authority? It is reported that the United States has signed relevant agreements with several Pacific island countries, which allows the United States to directly conduct so-called "joint law enforcement" in the waters near these countries, and Kiribati is one of them. In this case, the Chinese fishing vessel happened to be operating in Kiribati's exclusive economic zone, which gave the United States the opportunity to board the ship to enforce the law.
On the surface, there seems to be no problem with the signing of agreements between the United States and these countries, but in fact it is actually a kind of deprivation of sovereignty by the United States of the relevant Pacific island countries. In fact, this is the modern version of the "unequal treaty", to put it bluntly, the United States is shouting the slogan of "aid and cooperation" to carry out the so-called "new type of colonization" of these countries. In the face of the powerful United States, these small countries have no choice but to choose "obedience". Whether these countries are forced or voluntary, they cannot change the essence of the "long-arm jurisdiction" of the United States. Under the pretext of cracking down on "illegal fishing," the United States wantonly enforces the law in other countries, which is not only an erosion of the sovereignty of small countries by this "superpower," but also a disruption to the normal fishing operations of the entire Pacific Ocean.
For Kiribati, however, the immediate need to address the issue is not illegal fishing, but the economic problem and the rising sea levels caused by climate change. If the United States is really good for Kiribati, it should do something practical for it and implement the climate agreement, instead of wielding a "big stick" around the world. Such an approach will not solve any practical problems, but will also be a "self-smearing" of the international image of the United States.
The US boarding inspection based on "joint law enforcement" is essentially different from the mainland coast guard's boarding and inspection in Kinmen, and the United States has no legal basis to support it, and the United States has not joined the International Convention on the Law of the Sea, so the so-called inspection by the United States is even suspected of violating the law.
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