But in any case, if I was a captain of a ship and a coast guard vessel came steaming over the horizon then demanded that they be allowed to board me, it is best not to interfere or try to run away. Let them have access, then later lawyer up...
Because a Chinese fisherman would have access to a lawyer? And what exactly could a Chinese lawyer do? Don't forget that up to this incident, the Chinese gov't has always been doing the "hush-hush" on any Diaoyutai incidents, including preventing activists from going there.
Well if they didn't then they wouldn't be disputed, they'd be considered Chinese because the Japanese coastguard wouldn't attempt to enforce Japan's claims.
Depends, do they routinely try to ram Chinese coastguard vessels? Assuming they did and it was somewhere like the Paracels, yes it would be their own fault for getting arrested.
I'm sure you'd have said that if the video had been shot by the Chinese trawler crew and showed the Japanese coastguard ships cutting their engines right in front of the trawler.
No, it's based on the fact that the Chinese crew deliberately twice rammed Japanese vessels. If they had shown no aggressive behaviour and just been detained for being there, there would be a fair argument that they should have been sent on their way fairly quickly. But they decided to use violence.
1- So you agree that the Japanese started the dispute by patrolling in those waters?
2- Most likely they do, you just never hear about it.
3- Actually, I think that's exactly what the video shows. I'm not taking it as definite proof, however.
4- Others have said this before, but again, good work coming up with a psychological profile of the Chinese fishermen with a 3-min video clip. I'm sure it does not reflect your own biases in any manner what-so-ever.
