中国加强民用船只的军事用途

China is ordering newly-built civilian ships to comply with military specifications.

Analysts say the move could help bolster China’s efforts to assert its territorial claims in the disputed East and South China seas and add to ongoing efforts by the Chinese military to extend its naval reach.

Beijing has already expanded its civilian coast guard fleet into the largest in the world, using the unarmed ships to help shore up its claims in disputed waters, according to a U.S. naval intelligence report published earlier this year. This has led analysts to call the fleet “China’s Second Navy.”中国命令新建民用船只必须适用于某些军事用途。

分析人士说，这一举措有助于加强中国对有争议的东中国海和南中国海的主权声索，同时推动中国军方对海军实力的扩充。

今年早些时候发表的一份美国海军情报说，北京已经将其民用海岸警卫船队扩充为世界上规模最大的同类船队，利用非武装船只加强对有争议水域的主权声索。分析人士据此将中国的民用海岸警卫船队称做“中国的第二海军”。