China's fishing fleet has long been accused of doing more than just catch fish
China has long denied the accusation that its maritime militia have been secretly embedded into the nation’s fishing fleet to intimidate and squeeze out rivalRFA also discovered that one of the ships operating out of Sansha City on Woody island, was used to test an experimental command and communications system built with foreign technology.
China is beefing up its presence in the strategic South China Sea, raising fears it is working to seize control of access to shipping routes to be used for possible economic coercion.