Taiwan, Undersea Cable

Taiwan says Chinese-owned ship suspected of damaging sea cable goes dark
A Chinese-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable off Taiwan has stopped transmitting its location on the high seas, Taiwan’s coast guard said Tuesday. The Cameroon-flagged vessel was supposed to sail to South Korea after it was briefly detained by Taiwan’s coast guard on Friday on suspicion of dragging its anchor over an international subsea cable northeast of the island.
Chinese ship ‘severs undersea cables around Taiwan’
Taiwan has accused a Chinese-owned ship of severing a critical data cable off its northern coast on Friday. Officials in Taipei discovered that four cores of an international submarine cable, which transmits data to America’s AT&T, were left ruptured early on Jan 3.
Taiwan Coast Guard Says Investigation of Damaged Undersea Cable Stymied by Weather
Taiwan's coast guard has said that it suspects a ship damaged an undersea communications cable over the weekend, but that bad weather prevented its personnel from boarding the vessel to investigate. The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable northeast of the island.
Taiwan believes China is behind damage to one of its crucial undersea cables
Taiwan suspects China of being behind damage to a crucial subsea communications cable just off its northern coast, which occurred last week.
Chinese vessel suspected of damaging undersea cable near Taiwan
Taiwanese authorities and some analysts say the Chinese vessel, which operates under two different flags, could be carrying out China’s gray zone operations against Taiwan
Taiwan Says Suspects Hong Kong-owned Ship Of Damaging Subsea Cable
Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Hong Kong-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable northeast of the island, Taiwan's coast guard said Monday.
Chinese freighter suspected of damaging undersea Internet cable connecting the US and Taiwan
A Taiwanese freighter is accused of deliberately dragging its anchor to cut an internet cable directly linking Taiwan to the U.S. East Coast.
'Chinese' ship 'severs' undersea cable off coast of Taiwan in latest 'sabotage' incident across South China Sea
A Chinese-linked ship has allegedly damaged an undersea telecommunications cable off Taiwan's coast, in the latest incident of suspected infrastructure sabotage. The damage occurred near Yehliu, New Taipei City on Friday,

Taiwan, Cyberattacks

China’s latest Taiwan wargame established a strategic position before Trump arrives
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Taiwan's president says Beijing remains the obstacle for resuming cross-strait exchanges
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Blue, white camps hurting Taiwan
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Taiwan’s presidential office runs first ‘tabletop’ simulation of Chinese military escalation
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Taiwan says China is boosting efforts to undermine democracy with disinformation
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Will China Invade Taiwan in 2025?
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