Taiwan Accuses Chinese Ship Of Cutting Undersea Cable In Suspected Sabotage

Taiwan’s Coast Guard suspects a Chinese-owned cargo vessel, Shunxin-39, of severing an undersea telecom cable off its northern coast on January 3, 2025.

The cable operator Chunghwa Telecom reported the issue to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) at 12:40 p.m. on Friday. The damaged cable had four severed cores.

Despite the damage, domestic communication services remained unaffected due to backup systems.

Later that day, at about 4:40 p.m., a CGA patrol vessel located the Shunxin-39, a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship, about seven