Commentary
With the biggest maritime force on the planet, China is in a strong position to control the world’s oceans.
Control comes in many forms. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is busily deploying fishing fleets to plunder the world’s oceans. The CCP is also rewriting the maritime rules of engagement. In many ways, the CCP has appointed itself ruler of two of the world’s most important oceans, the Pacific and the Indian, dictating who gets to enter—and more importantly, who doesn’t. All of this is occurring above the surface.
But what about below? Again, China is leading the way, actively mining the oceans’ floors for valuable minerals. With such extensive mining operations, the consequences of an unchallenged China are, for lack of a better word, unimaginable….