A Taiwan Coast Guard ship travels past the coast of China in waters off Nangan island. Photo: Reuters
Taiwanese authorities have repeated claims that Chinese ships were responsible for cutting submarine internet cables linking Taiwan’s main island with Matsu, one of its outlying outposts close to neighboring China, AP reported.
The National Communications Commission, citing the island’s telecom service, said two Chinese ships cut the cables. It said a Chinese fishing vessel is suspected of severing the first cable some 50km out at sea and six days later, on February 8, a Chinese cargo ship cut the second, the report went on.
Read the full story: Associated Press
Read more:
Chinese Vessels Linked to Taiwan’s Severed Undersea Cables – TN
China’s Taiwan Threats Prompt Funds Strategy Rethink
New US House Speaker McCarthy Expected to Visit Taiwan
Officials from some of the world's biggest cities are in Washington to lobby for better…
China announces "anti-dumping penalties" on imports of a US chemical and orders Apple to cut…
Chinese companies invested in included the Aviation Industry Corp of China, a defence conglomerate that…
US tech giant said Beijing ordered it to cut the messaging apps because of national…
Israel’s missile attack on Iran sent investors heading for safe-haven currencies, gold and crude oil
Multi-year satellite study finds 45% of big Chinese cities are subsiding over 3mm a year,…