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Taiwan intercepts ship with Chinese name suspected to have damaged underwater cable (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
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The Coast Guard Administration intercepted a Cameroon-registered container ship with a Chinese name after it was suspected of damaging an undersea cable north of Taiwan on Friday.

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[โ€“] Limonene@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think the ship is worth less than the cable. Even if all the crew are Chinese spies, their lives are probably worth less to China than the value of successfully cutting the cable.

If I were Taiwan, I would put the whole crew on trial for espionage, and publicize it as much as possible.

[โ€“] xep@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

If I were China I'd use something disposable for these tasks, too.