Over the past three weeks, discord between Indonesia and China over illegal fishing in the South China Sea has intensified significantly. The current spat does not bode well for an easing of tensions in the contested waters into the 2020s.
Last month, dozens of Chinese fishing boats entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Natuna Islands in Riau province.
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