Zhou Mingzhu slammed the copy of the People's Daily down onto the table, the inked headline stark and striking: "Our East Sea Fleet Fishery Protection Operation Stirs Up New Trouble, Enemy Vessels Provoke Our Diaoyu Island Waters."
In the accompanying photograph, amid churning white-capped waves, the fishing flags raised by fishermen under the shadow of the enemy vessels looked like an unquenchable fire.
Her fingers gripped the corner of the newspaper, trembling. As her gaze swept over the three characters "Diaoyu Island," she suddenly recalled what Gu Yan had once said: "In some places, not even artillery shells will make us take half a step back."
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