Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed cargo ship after undersea cable damaged

Taiwan’s coastguard says it ‘cannot be ruled out that it was a grey-zone intrusion by China’Taiwan’s coastguard has detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew after an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged on Tuesday, saying it cannot rule out the possibility it was a deliberate “grey zone” act.“Whether the cause of the undersea cable breakage was intentional sabotage or a simple accident remains to be clarified by further investigation,” the coastguard said in a statement. “It cannot be ruled out that it was a grey-zone intrusion by China.” Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/taiwan-detains-chinese-crewed-cargo-ship-after-undersea-cable-damaged

Author : Helen Davidson in Taipei

Publish date : 2025-02-25 07:44:00

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