美國據報將視中國海警和民兵挑釁船隻為海軍艦艇 VOA 20190429

【Comment】

Beijing has mobilized its merchant ships and fishing boats, called “the marine mercenaries” or “the little Blue Men,” to “defend” Chinese self-asserted marine rights. 

Military warships should not counter any of civilian ships, unless they have good reason to judge that the civilian ships are not civil, or are doing illegal things, according to the international law.  Then the military vessels can exam or quarantine civilian ships. 

Beijing takes advantages through the help and deployments of the little Blue Men.  That is why the US has to deploy the Coast Guard vessels, which have the legitimate right to deal with civilian ships, to Yokosuga.

Beijing’s deployment and mobilization of civilian ships to do things that only government and military vessels do are extremely dangerous to the civilians.  The Little Blue Men can be seen as malicious mercenaries, who have no rights in the laws of war.

It is very cruel for tyrannical Beijing to do such things to its people.

美國據報將視中國海警和民兵挑釁船隻為海軍艦艇    VOA 20190429

《金融時報》在星期日的報導說，為了應對中國在南中國海咄咄逼人的行為，美國警告中國說，針對中國海警和海上民兵船隻的挑釁性行為，美國將採取和對待中國海軍同樣的相遇準則。

美國海軍作戰部長理查森(John Richardson) 對《金融時報》說，他在今年一月訪問中國時向中國海軍司令員沈金龍傳達了這一資訊。

中國在軍事化南中國海上的人工島礁時常常使用了半軍事化和非軍事化的手段，其中就包括用漁船建立了一個海上民兵網路，這支龐大的准軍事力量被用來與海軍一起，推進北京在南海和東海的戰略。從衛星圖像分析得出結論到，在南海南沙群島及其周邊水域活動的數量最多的船隻是中國漁船，並認為這些船隻中的大多數是所謂的“中國海上民兵”。

鑒於美國對待軍事船艦和非軍事船艦採取不同的接觸規則，中國大量使用民兵，這意味著漁船不大可能激起美國軍事上的回應。專家表示這一點讓解放軍擁有了額外的力量，鞏固中國對南中國海的控制。

新加坡國際戰略研究所的研究員鐘偉倫對《金融時報》說，理查森的警告意味著美國和中國如果在海上發生矛盾，有可能會快速惡化。