Shipping data showed the vessels gathering in distinct, coordinated lines in the East China Sea twice in recent weeks.

China has deployed thousands of fishing vessels to create 200-mile-long floating walls across the East China Sea. The operations went largely undetected until ship-tracking data analysis revealed ...

For years, China has used military pressure to signal its claims over Taiwan.

In recent weeks, China has twice mobilized thousands of fishing vessels to rehearse the formation of vast “floating barriers” spanning ...

Ship-tracking data shows thousands of Chinese fishing vessels moving in coordinated formations, signalling a sharper and more organised use of civilian boats to assert control in contested waters.

The U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has ...

Beijing recently demonstrated the use of hundreds of fishing boats to support future combat operations against Taiwan.

Shahidul Islam, Regional Coordinator of the Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK), presented a concept paper noting that the ultra-fine mesh of China Duari nets captures fish of ...

China’s maritime militia can swarm 2,000 “fishing” boats to rehearse a Taiwan blockade—weaponizing lawfare to threaten sea ...

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed ...