China's government likes to play both sides against the middle. With a population the size of theirs, I wouldn't be the least surprised if they were perfectly fine throwing a few people under the bus on this.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2024
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throwing a few people under ~~the bus~~ a tank on this.
Pure speculation on my part here, but could it be that this was done at the behest of Russia by the people on the ship, maybe on the orders of the company that owns the ship, but not an officially sanctioned PRC operation?
Or just by a Russian captain on a Chinese ship. This is an earlier article later ones omit this. A few different sources say the captain is Russian, but none of the ones in the news today mentioned it. The only information given is that the ship itself is Chinese.
with the evidence so far pointing to a Chinese merchant vessel with a Russian captain.
I noticed that too when it first hit. Hmm. I wonder why the tone changed
Indeed, quite interesting. I read the OP article and remembered that initially there was more information, it made me think something had changed behind the scenes.
It's possible, we won't know until we investigate. Seems very positive for diplomacy that Beijing is open to discussion and investigation here, either way.
Saying you're open to something is also the diplomatic first step of stalling. There no way to know if they are being candid or disingenuous.
It's Beijing's openness that is why this is what I'm speculating. I think they would be a lot less willing to cooperate if they had sanctioned this. But I'm no expert on international geopolitics, so... 🤷
They could just be trying to seem cooperative and uninvolved, though, right? 🤷♂️
They don't have the technology the USA have for splicing underwater cables so this would be a great opportunity to tap into the cables with the pretense of helping to fix them.
The synopsis says the cables are already repaired, and it take more than a random merchant vessel to repair underwater cables.
That's how EU investigators are thinking too IIRC.
part of the cable still hanging off the anchor
China: I don’t see an anchor.