Indonesian navy fires on Chinese boat, injures fisherman - Beijing ministry

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Source: Reuters

An Indonesian naval vessel fired on a Chinese fishing boat on Friday, injuring one person, China's foreign ministry said, the countries' third reported confrontation this year near a chain of islands as regional tensions mount in the South China Sea.

Beijing had made official protests over the incident, the ministry said in its statement on Sunday, and urged Indonesia not to take any more actions to complicate the situation.

Indonesia's navy said it had fired warning shots at several boats with Chinese flags that it said were fishing illegally near the Natuna Islands, but did not mention any injuries.

Indonesia is not part of a broader regional dispute over China's reclamation activities in the South China Sea and Beijing's claims on swathes of key waterways.

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[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Apparantly it has been so long without a world war that China is looking for a reason

to start one.

[bemildred]

2. They are fighting over fish. nt

[ripcord]

4. Fish are a very important resource to an island nation.

[FLPanhandle]

5. Chinese fishing illegally has been a big issue worldwide.

Chinese factory ships can wipe out an area in a few days.

[bemildred]

7. Vietnamese fishermen report being hit by Chinese boat

Fishermen from Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam have reported being attacked by Chinese boats when they were sailing in Vietnamese waters around Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands.

Nguyen Tuan, the 50-year-old boat captain, filed a complaint to local coast guards after coming back to shore Saturday.

Tuan said his boat with eight men aboard were chased and hit by three Chinese boats during the journey from May 23.

On Thursday, one of them chased his boat for three hours before suddenly ramming into it at around noon, breaking it on the right side.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-fishermen-report-being-hit-by-chinese-boat-63266.html

[NWCorona]

3. I think this has something to do with it.

"Indonesia is not part of a broader regional dispute over China's reclamation activities in the South China Sea and Beijing's claims on swathes of key waterways.

But Jakarta has objected to China's inclusion of parts of the Indonesian-ruled Natuna Islands within a "nine-dash line" that Beijing marks on maps to show its claim on the body of water."

[Sunlei]

6. fishing boats shoot at each other if they have the chance. empty boats wash up on some shores, and

shoes with skeletal feet still inside. overfished, over crowded fishing water wars and china seems to be the big taker.