They can't stop their people from fishing outside their borders.
The latest China-Philippines issue/news is about the Chinese harvesting giant clams in our oceans and ruining coral reefs and such in the process. To what end you say? Will they be eaten? Treated as luxury delicacy or what? Apparently the clam shells are used for decoration, carvings or jewelry or probably just stacked together somewhere being of no use to anyone.
Here's what I found on Twitter:
Some people in our government do not understand the implications of why people are indignant over the giant clams being harvested illegally and the ocean habitat being damaged. If you are unaware too, read this.
If you'd like to help save these clams and the ocean life, you can join the adopt-a-clam program. Please visit the Facebook page of a part of our marine science institutes: BML Adopt-a-Clam
Here's a poster from their page posted last year.
And you know what's even sadder news?
Chinese fishermen are said to be broke as hell according to a Chinese citizen. Their coast have "nothing left" so the fishermen have nothing to fish. I assume that is why they go across the borders to do illegal fishing in other countries like here in the Philippines?
Well then summady ought to start doing something else for a living rather than fishing for nothing or going way across their country, right?
What should the Chinese people do then?
Of course I have no idea of the current situation of the fisher folk in China but I can certainly think of one or two things maybe they can learn to do.
Why not develop sustainable fishing practices in their surrounding area if they still want to be fishermen? If not that then find other ways to earn a living other than fishing and not caring about the environment.
Yes I know, the Philippines has a plastic problem and we're slowly working on correcting it. I can even say we're a Third World country so we're "slow" to develop and have no real "firepower." Come on, we're also too much of a forgiving people but China is not a Third World country, right? It has milleniums of history like Europe and America and is now supposedly the next super power in the world but what is the Chinese government doing?
I thought China is a rich country now with Billionaires able to buy luxury properties in New York? Why are the Chinese fishermen broke as hell then? China is loaning millions to other countries and taking foreign businesses and such when those people can't pay their debt. Doesn't that give them enough budget to fix their country? Summady share how we can all help China and help ourselves in the process too.
Read the Anonymous Chinese Tip below
If you want to know the details of what happens to the giant clams, here you go.
Do your due diligence too. If you're in China now while reading this, let us know what's going on and if you know something about this. I know no government is perfect so let's find a way to help each other instead. Let's get to the bottom of why China is such a bully and what kind of help it might need. (If they're open to be helped is a question for another day...)
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@artgirl
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