Summary
Taiwan is investigating the Chinese-owned vessel Shunxing 39 for suspected damage to a key undersea internet cable northeast of the island.
The vessel, registered in Cameroon but tied to a Hong Kong company, allegedly dragged its anchor over the cable, briefly disrupting services.
Taiwan’s coastguard attempted to detain the ship but was hindered by weather; the vessel later turned off tracking systems and sailed to South Korea.
Authorities suspect potential sabotage amid ongoing tensions with China, which has been linked to similar incidents near Taiwan and Europe.
Huh, feels like someone in their intelligence service realised “oh wow, you can sabotage infrastructure that way and pretend it was an accident!” and their handler decided to just do that and nothing else. Sure won’t help chinese merchant vessels and will probably damage any relations longterm. Good job, Xi.