1.0RIPS - Research Institute for Peace and Security -https://www.rips.or.jp/en平和・安全保障研究所https://www.rips.or.jp/en/archives/author/bbripsen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.rips.or.jp/en/newsletter/monthlycolumn/xi-jinpings-peoples-war-at-sea1">Xi Jinping’s “People‘s War at Sea”[1]</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if("link"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),i.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),a=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rips.or.jp/en/newsletter/monthlycolumn/xi-jinpings-peoples-war-at-sea1/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Xi Jinping’s “People‘s War at Sea”[1]” — RIPS - Research Institute for Peace and Security -" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Introduction The New York Times reported that China had quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats in December 2025 and January 2026 to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested East China Sea.[2] In December, about 2000 Chinese vessels assembled in two long, parallel formations on Christmas Day in the East China Sea. Each stretched 290 miles long, forming a reverse … Morehttps://www.rips.or.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/42_1.png