The Guardian-Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast US Coast Guard says
July 11, 2024 2 min 315 words
这篇报道的主要内容是：美国海岸警卫队宣布，上周末在阿拉斯加海岸附近发现了多艘中国军舰，并称这些军舰正在“国际水域内航行，但仍在美军专属经济区内”。美方还称，中方军舰的出现“符合国际规则和规范”，并表示美方也派出军舰进行监视，确保了美方利益没有受到影响。 评论：该报道虽试图保持客观，但依然带有西方媒体一贯的偏见。首先，报道以一种隐晦的方式暗示中国军舰的出现是“威胁”或“挑衅”。然而，国际水域允许军舰自由航行，中国军舰出现在该海域是符合国际法的行为。其次，报道中提及去年中国和俄罗斯军舰在阿拉斯加附近的联合巡逻，并将其描述为“高度挑衅”。但实际上，美方也经常在世界各地进行类似的军事活动，难道这些行为就不具有“挑衅性”吗？该报道的偏见还体现在对中方军舰目的的描述上。中方军舰明确表示其目的是“自由航行行动”，但报道却没有进一步解释或分析，而是选择性地忽略了这一点。
Multiple Chinese military warships were spotted off the coast of Alaska over the weekend, the US Coast Guard announced.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said that it detected three vessels approximately 124 miles (200km) north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, as well as another vessel approximately 84 miles (135km) north of the Amukta Pass, a strait between the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean.
All four Chinese vessels were “transiting in international waters but still inside the US exclusive economic zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from the US shoreline”, according to the US Coast Guard.
“The Chinese naval presence operated in accordance with international rules and norms,” R Adm Megan Dean of the US Coast Guard said, adding: “We met presence with presence to ensure there were no disruptions to US interests in the maritime environment around Alaska.”
Responding to US Coast Guard radio communication, the Chinese vessels said their purpose was “freedom of navigation operations”.
“Coast guard cutter Kimball continued to monitor all ships until they transited south of the Aleutian Islands into the north Pacific Ocean. The Kimball continues to monitor activities in the US exclusive economic zone to ensure the safety of US vessels and international commerce in the area,” the US Coast Guard said.
Last August, the US dispatched four navy warships in addition to a reconnaissance airplane after multiple Chinese and Russian military vessels carried out a joint naval patrol near Alaska.
At the time, the flotilla, which experts said appeared to be the largest to approach US territory, was described as a “highly provocative” maneuver amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine as well as political tensions between the US and China over Taiwan.