By The South Korean government has once again given in to Chinese pressure in regards the regular illegal fishing conducted by Chinese fishermen:
It is said Coast Guard in Mokpo are scheduled to release two Chinese fishing boats seized as they were illegally fishing in Korean waters west of Gageo-do on Oct 22.
The government revealed it would release the boats immediately after a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson criticized Korea’s crackdown on the vessels, openly calling on the Korean government to avoid the use of violence in the law enforcement process.
The plan by the government to release the boats naturally brings to mind the incident in September of last year, when Japan — surrendering to strong Chinese protests — sent back a Chinese fishing boat crew from a boat it had seized after the Chinese boat intentionally collided with a Japanese fishing patrol boat near the Senkaku/Dyaoyudao Islands.
The Coast Guard says that while the Chinese crew fiercely resisted using shovels and other deadly weapons, they only resisted a short time and later obediently acceded to the seizure, so they plan to charge them with illegal fishing only, dropping the charge of obstructing officers in the execution of their official duties, which they initially planned to press ahead.
The government, unable to issue any particular protest to the Chinese foreign ministry’s criticism of the Korean crackdown as violent, is, to the contrary, seemingly protecting the Chinese crew, who threatened even the lives of Korean Coast Guard officers.
This can only be seen as the government being unable to strictly sanction illegal fishing by Chinese fishing boats out of concern for diplomatic friction with China. This is shameful. [Kyunghyang Shinmun]
You can read more at the link but ROK Heads may remember that last year a Coast Guard vessel was rammed into by one of these Chinese fishing boats. Additionally, three years ago a Korean Coast Guard officer was murdered by these thuggish Chinese fishermen who feel like they can get away with anything since they are so strongly backed by their government. I think what the Korean government should do is confiscate their ships when captured and then give these guys a one way plane ticket back to Beijing. Once they pay a fine they can get their ships back.
She hasn’t seen...
9:37 pm on October 30th, 2011 1
They only resisted fiercely for a short time and later obediently acceded to the seizure, so it’s all cool.
So it’s not a big deal if you resist for a short time. Following that logic, Andre Fischer should not be punished for resisting arrest.
10:41 pm on October 30th, 2011 2
“I think what the Korean government should do is confiscate their ships when captured and then give these guys a one way plane ticket back to Beijing. Once they pay a fine they can get their ships back,” says GI Korea.
That would be impounding the ships, not confiscating them. But I agree with your point, that Korea should defend its territorial waters and its resources.
10:59 pm on October 30th, 2011 3
Here’s something you guys are not considering, and it is an important factor in how the local government handles the matter: many South Korean vessels fish illegally in other countries’ territorial waters.
11:03 pm on October 30th, 2011 4
I’d say just sink the ships and send the occupants back to China.
Then there’s nothing left to demand releasing.
2:27 am on October 31st, 2011 5
3. Very good point!
9:44 am on October 31st, 2011 6
Illegal fishing ships from China
were closer to Korea than North Carolina.
So you can just let it pass,
or kick some joong-gook azz,
or whine like there’s sand in your vagiina.
I never considered that China and vagiina rhyme so well… but there is a painfully limited number of words that complete the trifecta… unless someone is more clever than I am.
I guess from now on, i’ll stick to couplets when rhyming Asian powers with female body parts.
10:37 am on October 31st, 2011 7
If you go with some Brooklyn or Queens accents you can find a lot of words that rhyme with China.
Diner, finer, liner…
11:00 am on October 31st, 2011 8
@ # 7 – or he coulda just said, “North Caroliner”.
11:02 am on October 31st, 2011 9
@ #3 – you’re absolutely right. Fiji has been raising hell about large Korean, Chinese and Japanese fishing trawlers and processing ships plying their waters for years now fishing illegally. They’ve even asked the UN for assistance in policing their waters because of it since their territorial waters are so vast.
2:10 pm on October 31st, 2011 10
#9 so you’re equating the Chinese maggot fishing with this? Just incredible.
8:06 pm on October 31st, 2011 11
@9,
And those vessels should be treated exactly the same. You’ll find no favoritism here.
3:51 pm on November 1st, 2011 12
CH #6: Carina (urethralis) The ridge extending posteriorly from the urethral orifice and continuous with the anterior column of the vagina.
There are two other carinas in the body, but this one closely fits your original poem.
1:22 pm on November 18th, 2011 13
當我們看中國的外交，卻發現她很多時會在違背自身價值觀和利益的情況下，向各國妥協。可見中國外交的失敗。
中共所實行的睦鄰政策，可說是徹底的失敗。中共現在的領導人奉行鄧小平那套所謂的「韜光養晦」政策。但其實，這只是一種逃避挑戰的鴕鳥政策。當今中國所面臨的惡劣國際環境，則決定了這種鴕鳥政策必然失敗。
在這種鴕鳥政策主導下，中國外交不僅畏首畏尾，更胸無大志，既沒有系統的外交戰略，也沒有長遠的外交目標。這種頭痛醫頭、腳痛醫腳式的外交政策，直接導致中國外交在面對各種挑釁時束手無策，盡顯軟弱之態，面對大好機遇時，也因毫無戰略準備而無所作為。
對印度對日本甚至是越南，中國都是畏首畏尾，一昧退讓，實行韜光養晦。本來，鄧小平的韜光養晦，是指平時積蓄力量，關鍵時刻果斷出手，是一種積極進取的外交思維。但現在，卻成了一種鴕鳥政策，令人無奈。
其實，按照中國現在的實力，根本不用如此讓步，中共對東南亞國家，對日本，甚至是越南，都讓得太多。完全顯示不到大國風範，畏首畏尾的外交政策，只會令中國人蒙羞！
至於對印度和越南的外交處理手法，中共簡直令人覺得恥辱。情況就好像當年清政府打贏法國，但仍然賠償法國一樣。令人覺得是絕大的恥辱。
中國在和俄羅斯，印度，日本，越南等周遍強國的政治經濟往來中，沒有佔到多少便宜，也沒有讓這些列強放棄對中國崛起的偏見和敵視，自身利益不斷被侵占，不能不說中國的外交政策有很大缺陷，這是中國國家佈局計劃和外交政策慘敗的最佳體現。
中國常常想成為一等一的大國，但他的外交卻事事以懦弱的方式勉強了事，實在不能給人任何強國的風範。