中國加強民用船隻的軍事用途

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.”中國命令新建民用船隻必須適用於某些軍事用途。

分析人士說，這一舉措有助於加強中國對有爭議的東中國海和南中國海的主權聲索，同時推動中國軍方對海軍實力的擴充。

今年早些時候發表的一份美國海軍情報說，北京已經將其民用海岸警衛船隊擴充爲世界上規模最大的同類船隊，利用非武裝船隻加強對有爭議水域的主權聲索。分析人士據此將中國的民用海岸警衛船隊稱做“中國的第二海軍”。