Taiwan Says Chinese Ship Broke Subsea Cable in Alleged Sabotage
- No disruption as data rerouted to other cables: operator
- Taiwan has sought to make telecommunications more resilient
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Taiwan suspects a Chinese-owned cargo vessel damaged an undersea cable near its northeastern coast Friday, in an alleged act of sabotage that highlights the vulnerabilities of Taipei’s offshore communications infrastructure.
The ship is owned by a Hong Kong-registered company whose director is a mainland Chinese citizen, the Financial Times reported Sunday. An unidentified Taiwanese official cited in the report described the case as sabotage.