• A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      2 years ago

      So, it’s not Scarborough, UK. Of course that would have been really surprising. Thanks for this summary, ideally it should be in the body of the post.

    • theinspectorst@kbin.social
      16·
      2 years ago

      I was similarly pretty confused here that it was referring to the little seaside town in Yorkshire, which I assume all these other Scarboroughs (that I too had never heard of) are named after.

      • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
        171·
        2 years ago

        I genuinely thought your first picture would be Scarborough, ON based on the thumbnail. Your second picture is not Scarborough, ON. This is Scarborough, ON:

        Note: you can see the core from your second image in the distance on the left.

  • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
    294·
    2 years ago

    “If I can’t have you, no one will.” – China, apparently.

    And as usual, no one will do something decisive about it because China is a huge bully and is using its reputation as the world’s factory and its economic heft to intimidate anyone who thinks of doing anything about it.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)English
        11·
        2 years ago

        Funded by Western capitalists for the last 30 years in their never-ending greed for profits.

        Oddly, it’s less this and more hatred of unions and workers’ rights. They could make even more money from people who are able to afford luxuries.

        • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 years ago

          And the reason they hate those things. Is that because in a short-term it impacts their real profits.

          Greed is always a short-term outlook. No immoral greedy person ever looked at something and said, boy if I just made society better we as a whole would benefit a whole lot more. It’s always, give it to me. Give it to me naooooooow!

          • nickwitha_k (he/him)English
            3·
            2 years ago

            Yeah. If they weren’t so evolutionarily maladaptive, they could easily have provided for their offspring for the foreseeable future of the species in a way that would be be resilient to societal and environmental changes. It really is past time that this mental illness is studied and characterized.

  • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Oh great now they’re deliberately poisoning the oceans as well.

  • Flumpkin@slrpnk.netEnglish
    131·
    2 years ago

    Are they insane? This is not just cruel and disgusting, it’s also incredibly stupid. This will seriously damage their reputation among other nations.

    Damaging another nations food supply is a crime against humanity.

    • digitaldingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      I’m pretty sure China has lost it’s reputation with most countries and China is only dealt with due to fear of China retaliating economically.

      In addition, I don’t think China really cares what everyone else thinks or how their actions are perceived.

      • Flumpkin@slrpnk.netEnglish
        51·
        2 years ago

        Not sure if crimes against humanity can be brought before the ICJ since this can’t really be construed as a genocide. But I’m sure this is going to get amplified by the US media soon and will harm China geopolitically.

        I’d want their coastguard to arrest the fisherman and charge them with terrorism using chemical warfare. But that might be a bad idea lol.

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    121·
    2 years ago

    A lot of sensationalism here around the use of cyanide. This is a real (but ecologically damaging) way to fish: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_fishing

    The accusation is that Chinese fishing vessels are illegally and maliciously doing this around Scarborough, substantially hurting the local fishing industry.

    This is awful, but it’s not the mass-poisoning of the food supply as this article is inviting you to conclude that it is.

  • Skua@kbin.social
    91·
    2 years ago

    Are you going to Scarborough Shoal?
    Motor oil, nets, and cyanide
    It’s not the home to a single soul
    Not since all the poisoned fish died

  • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    36·
    2 years ago

    Since the practice of cyanide fishing was never widely publicised or officially approved, its origins are uncertain; but it is believed to have originated in the 1950s in the Philippines.

    The World Resources Institute (WRI) determined that approximately 20% of the live fish traded on the Philippine market in 1996 were caught using cyanide

    Estimates suggest 70% to 90% of aquarium fish exported from the Philippines are caught with cyanide.

    The Philippines when they use cyanide fishing in Southeast Asia: don’t worry guys, it’s a perfectly safe and normal activity and contributes to the economy.

    The Philippines when someone else uses cyanide fishing in Southeast Asia: horrible! Environmental catastrophe! Condemn them!