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Taiwanese authorities detain fishy Chinese freighter suspected of cutting undersea Internet cable | Suspicious 'Hong Tai' freighter had been lurking in the area since Saturday.


Suspicious 'Hong Tai' freighter had been lurking in the area since Saturday.

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has monitored the Hong Tai freighter's movements in the area since Saturday, February 22 (machine translation). CNA quotes Presidential Office Spokesperson Lii Wen (李問) as saying, "Taiwan must continue to strengthen the protection of submarine cables and the resilience of communications." Chinese naval saber rattling around the Taiwanese island isn't new, but if Lii is correct, it seems to have added actual physical infrastructure damage to its menacing behavior.

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