Sound familiar? lots of parallels to what is happening in the Ukraine.
But China's decimation of the sea's resources is not only here.
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USNavalInstitute Blog has a summary of their economic aggression against small countries by overfishing.
the PRC has already solidified control and is building islands and military installations in areas such as the Spratly and Paracel Islands, and Scarborough Shoals. Outside of the South China Seas, the Chinese fishing fleets have encroached on the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of countries from Africa to South America, such as Argentina and Djibouti, who have very little in the way of individual diplomatic power to protect their territorial integrity and fisheries.