
Newsweek
Taiwanese authorities are investigating the severing of an undersea telecommunications cable near the island's northern coast, suspecting the involvement of a Cameroon-registered cargo ship with the Chinese name Shunxin-39. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment by email. The incident has raised concerns of deliberate sabotage, as the Financial Times cited data from the ship-tracking site MarineTraffic that showed the ship crisscrossing in waters north of the self-ruled island. The outlet also quoted one Taiwanese national security official as saying the pattern hinted that the cable damage was...