In recent months, analysts have noticed something odd happening in the middle of the East China Sea: Satellite images and ship tracking data show thousands of Chinese fishing boats arrayed in a perfectly straight line. William Yang, a Taipei-based senior analyst with Crisis Group, tells Host Marco Werman that this is an attempt by Beijing to build up its capabilities to assert control over disputed and critical waters.
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