Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands' internet cables
Source: Associated Press
NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldnt provide them with the internet.
Others living on Matsu, one of Taiwans outlying islands closer to neighboring China, had to struggle with paying electricity bills, making a doctors appointment or receiving a package.
For connecting to the outside world, Matsus 14,000 residents rely on two submarine internet cables leading to Taiwans main island. The National Communications Commission, citing the islands telecom service, blamed two Chinese ships for cutting the cables. It said a Chinese fishing vessel is suspected of severing the first cable some 50 kilometers (31 miles) out at sea. Six days later, on Feb. 8, a Chinese cargo ship cut the second, NCC said.
Taiwans government stopped short of calling it a deliberate act on the part of Beijing, and there was no direct evidence to show the Chinese ships were responsible.
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machoneman
(3,951 posts)level of Chinese communication links as retribution. Not doing so encourages more barbary by the Reds.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)sell our companies and cables to them, it will come back to bite US in the ass.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Its like everything than can be is turned into a giant white balloon, testing the response.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)No direct evidence
but direct speculation contrary to the probability.
If one admits one has NO EVIDENCE, then any conclusion IS 100% speculation
if words and logic still have meaning.
Torchlight
(3,232 posts)specious as accepting something with full faith due to bias confirmation.
Grins
(7,128 posts)Where a topic was Quemoy and Matsu off the coast of mainland China. Mentioned and forgotten by election day.
Those of a "certain" age will remember. For the rest of you - Google!
SharonAnn
(13,766 posts)No one o know seems to remember those names and the bellicose Kennedy-Nixon debate about them.