Chapter 945 The sky fell and a tall man stood up
In fact, it was very easy for the people on Xiao Peng's two ships to go to Morocco. There is no visa for Chinese people here, and their ships have the official status of EU observation ships. So even though they are carrying heavy weapons, the procedures are still very convenient.
But Xiao Peng did not stay in Morocco for long. After he finished supplying, he set off again. In other words, he "escaped" from the country.
As for the reason why he fled?
As soon as he got off the boat at the port of Casablanca, he found himself surrounded by media reporters!
As for the reason for surrounding him? Of course, it was because he arrested an illegal fishing boat.
Illegal fishing is a widespread problem in Africa, and Morocco is particularly vulnerable, particularly in Western Sahara, where its navy is relatively weak, creating an opportunity for illegal fishing. Morocco cannot, however, collaborate with Cape Verde to combat illegal fishing, as Senegal has done.
In fact, there is also a well-developed fishing area in the western waters of Morocco, that is the waters of the Canary Islands, which is also rich in fishery resources. However, Morocco is unable to manage or catch illegal fishing there. As for the reason...
It belongs to the Spanish province of Santa Cruz de Trinefe! It is an overseas territory of Spain!
Spain will never give up on it! It is one of the most important tourist destinations in Europe, with tens of millions of people traveling there every year!
The Canary Islands are to Europeans what Hawaii is to Japanese people – both are top travel destinations, with a large number of tourists visiting them every year.
Moreover, it is an important transportation route. If Xiao Peng wants to go to the South Atlantic Anomaly Area, it is also the only way for their fleet to pass.
Anyway, because the Canary Islands belong to Spain, the Moroccan Navy cannot really show its strength on the West African front line. Their navy is mainly deployed in the north: after all, they have a feud with Algeria and are ready to fight at any time.
Xiao Peng's arrival in Morocco was news in itself, as he was a renowned salvage king. Furthermore, a Chinese national was an EU "illegal salvaging observer," which was news within the news. Most importantly, Xiao Peng actually caught someone illegally fishing, and the person he arrested was a Chinese illegal salvage practitioner. This immediately became news within the news.
When Xiao Peng arrived at the Port of Casablanca, there were at least three hundred journalists lined up on the dock waiting to interview him!
But they came to nothing: the people who came to greet him were not only reporters, but also official people, including people from the Chinese Embassy in Morocco and the Moroccan government.
When the Chinese ambassador to Morocco learned about this, he was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
You said that it's right to arrest illegal fishing, but why did you catch Chinese illegal fishing boats? This is indeed a difficult matter to handle.
You say don't care? They've indeed violated the laws of another country! Where is this? Africa! China has been expanding its influence in Africa for years, helping them with infrastructure, agriculture, and industry to enhance the nation's image. Countless people have worked hard to build a good reputation here, and now these "flies" have tarnished it. We simply must deal with them! Such behavior damages the international image of the Chinese people and undermines international friendship!
But you say, let's clean it up? If this gets out in China, people will definitely be scolded!
China is full of "fragile" people, sometimes to the point of being unreasonable: a female university student in Xi'an was called a "traitor" for helping a foreigner with directions; the same thing happened in Dalian: a university student couple saw someone overcharging a foreigner when selling cherries, and when they stepped in to stop the behavior, they were also called "traitors" and "traitors"...
There are many examples like this. When you see someone singing English songs on music shows, there are always comments like "How can you sing in English? Where is your national confidence?"
Only people who think English is advanced would say something like this! This is pure low self-esteem!
The most ridiculous thing is that a student at a 985 university in Chengdu found an iPad. Seeing that the apps inside looked like they were used by foreigners, he wrote a bilingual lost and found notice on the school forum looking for the owner. As a result, he was cyberbullied for using English on the school forum. He was accused of being "worshiping foreigners" and "fawning on foreigners." There were even worse accusations... It makes me sick just to think about it—and this happened at a 985 university. How low-esteem and dirty must those people be to say such things?
Have these people lost their ability to distinguish right from wrong? Is overcharging a customer wrong? Is giving directions wrong? Is returning lost property wrong? There's nothing wrong with being patriotic, but when trolls get involved, everything changes!
There is a kind of person who cannot stand anything. If they don't have it, they will say others are pretending! They don't acknowledge the excellence of others and use their own malice to speculate on the words and deeds of others.
To put it bluntly, it is stupidity and ignorance!
But what can we do about the current social climate? There's really no way to deal with these people. They talk nonsense all the time and claim it's "freedom of speech," but if you criticize them, they say you can't tolerate different voices.
In the words of "Hua Fei": Bitches are just pretentious!
Um?
The people at the embassy suddenly came to their senses.
If the sky falls, there is someone taller to hold it up. Even if people criticize this, they are not the ones to be criticized!
How those illegal fishermen are sentenced is Morocco's business. All sentencing and fines are determined according to Moroccan law. This has nothing to do with me! No matter where you are from, if you break the law abroad, you must abide by local laws. If you come to China to sell drugs, you will still be sentenced to death regardless of your nationality. Chinese people who commit crimes abroad will still be arrested.
Unless you're Anne Sacras, the wife of an American diplomat stationed in the UK, and you can kill someone in the UK and then claim diplomatic immunity and flee back to the US and pretend nothing happened, then if you don't have that ability, it's better to just abide by the laws of other countries.
If those trolls really want to troll someone, who will they troll? Of course they’ll troll Xiao Peng! You’re the one who arrested him! Why are you so worried about those trolls? It’s Xiao Peng’s business, none of your business!
How many media outlets were there at the docks that day? Western media outlets are apt to report Chinese crimes with all the coverage they can muster. This incident couldn't be concealed; it would undoubtedly have spread back to China. If those trolls really wanted to criticize someone, they'd have targeted Xiao Peng! What did this have to do with them?
After figuring this out, they were no longer panicked. Although it was indeed not glorious for a Chinese criminal gang to be arrested, the people who arrested them were also Chinese!
Hey, if you look at it that way, it's a good thing. It will actually improve China's international image: after all, we're not just protecting our own people, right?
Thinking of this, I felt relieved and began to think that Xiao Peng did a good job. Of course, you should leave Morocco as soon as possible! It’s better to let others experience such troubles!
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