3/1/2024 0 Comments Lyle Goldstein, Naval War College, The U.S. Navy and the PLAN in the South China SeaIn addition, China’s overtly civilian distant-water fishing (DWF) fleets, which are affiliated to varying degrees with Chinese government agencies, have been subject to growing international scrutiny. Among the most important of China’s gray-zone forces and actors is its maritime militia. 2 These states’ embrace of gray-zone operations is unsurprising since such operations are an attractive means for relatively disadvantaged powers to challenge a stronger rival like the United States. 1 This is particularly true for commentary about Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). (Photo courtesy of China Foto Press)Īrticles about gray-zone operations-states’ use of nontraditional forces and methods to pursue security objectives without triggering armed conflict-are unavoidable in military professional literature. Chinese fishing boats head out to sea from Zhoushan in Zhejiang Province, China.
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