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flag A 2025 report claims Chinese maritime militia activity in the South China Sea hit a record high, but critics say it wrongly counts fishing vessels as military assets, distorting the facts and threatening regional stability.

flag A 2025 report by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative claims Chinese maritime militia vessels in the South China Sea reached a record high, citing satellite data. flag However, critics argue the report mislabels civilian fishing vessels as military assets, inflating numbers by including new locations and misinterpreting seasonal fishing patterns as strategic deployments. flag They assert the activities are lawful, rooted in tradition and international law, and that the report’s methodology promotes a misleading narrative that undermines regional stability and ongoing efforts to establish a Code of Conduct with ASEAN.

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