"Cá yêu nước" ở Trung Hoa

được bán ở Phúc Châu, thủ phủ tỉnh Phúc Kiến, do ngư dân Trung Hoa đánh bắt ở Đá Vành Khăn, là một phần của quần đảo Trường Sa, hiện thuộc quyền kiểm soát của Trung Hoa từ năm 1994... 

gần 4 tấn cá bán hết veo trong vòng 2 giờ,

chương trình được thực hiện nhằm "giữ vững chủ quyền" vì theo luật biển quốc tế, "khi có dân cư ở đó, nó trở thành lãnh thổ của chúng ta" - cựu giới chức chính phủ 82 tuổi Lin Zailiang nói với những người mua hàng vây quanh...

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As families around China prepare for Lunar New Year celebrations next week, shoppers in one southeastern city can add another delicacy to their shopping list: "patriotic fish."

Photos of shoppers in Fuzhou (Phúc Châu), the capital of Fujian (Phúc Kiến) Province, thronging around (đám đông vây quanh) cases (thùng) of frozen fish and sea urchins (nhím biển) circulated in China on Wednesday. This was no ordinary seafood, however. It was from Mischief Reef (Đá Vành Khăn), which has been controlled by China since 1994 but is part of the Spratly Islands (Trường Sa) in the South China Sea also claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

"You can steam it, make soup, braise (om), slice or fry it — it's all possible!" Lin Zailiang, 82, a former government official who heads the fish-farming program, told the gathered shoppers. Behind him, a blue billboard advertised the products as "South China Sea 'Patriotic Fish' — the Third Season." The entire 8,300 pounds of seafood sold out in two hours, according to the state-run China News Service.

But Mr. Lin, white-haired and wearing a garland (vòng hoa) of orchids (hoa phong lan) around his neck, also made it clear that the program was about more than just providing delicacies (đặc sản) for the table.

Cultivating fish at Mischief Reef, called Meiji Reef by the Chinese, is equivalent to "safeguarding national sovereignty," Mr. Lin was quoted as saying. "Because once there are residents there — us — it becomes our territory, according to international ocean law."

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