Submarine cables
DNYUZ/Foreign Policy: China Is Practicing How to Sever Taiwan’s Internet
As the United States was watching the skies in the aftermath of the spy balloon incident, China may have been acting at sea. In early February, maritime vessels disabled the two undersea cables connecting Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, a tiny archipelago just 10 nautical miles off China’s coast, to the internet. Now residents of the islands face highly reduced internet connectivity until the cables are repaired. The activity looks like targeted harassment by Beijing—or an exercise in preparation for cutting off the whole of Taiwan.
On Feb. 2, a Chinese fishing vessel sailing close to the Matsu Islands severed one of the two cables, which connect the islands with Taiwan proper. Then, six days later, a Chinese freighter cut the second cable. Speaking shortly after the second cable was cut, Wong Po-tsung, the vice chair of Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, told reporters that there was no indication the incidents were intentional. It’s not uncommon for undersea cables to be damaged—but losing two in a row is either really unfortunate or quite possibly not a coincidence.
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WNU Editor: Taiwan now strongly believes these cables were deliberately cut .... Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables (AP).
7 comments:
Just following the US regime's game.
It seem counterproductive to me, and will just make the people of Taiwan hate China and want to remain separate, instead of wanting to rejoin China.
There were a large number of fiber cables cut right after 9/11. This creates an opportunity for states to attach surveillance equipment on the line. Or may even be the result of such actions. Likely, these comms are now being monitored for intelligence gathering purposes.
You either are cut off from all trade or you sink the Chinese subs.\
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is necessary for modern day supply chains.
No EDI.
No supply chain
No economy
No country
Attaching devices and spying is just as bad.
War with China is imperative. The only alternative is to demand Xi step down along with his part of the CCP if not most or all of the CCP. Give them a date and if they do not meet it ... ALL Out War.
You are going to get a war now or in the near future. The only question is whether the Chinese will obtain operational surprise.
make love, not war!
lol you think china gas about hearts and minds
war is war the bug will catch 2023 until July the INVASION
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