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Oh look they’re doing it on the other side too.
China is being given so much leniency.
until someone wants to call them out on it. and hell, even after.. they don't give a shit, because no one has or has had the balls to do anything about it.
No, that's not how the game is played.
You capture it, send the crew home (or dont) and the just say "what ship" every time you are asked. Or "we're working on returning it", ""its just being investigated for an unrelated reason", or the ever popular "we remember sending it last week, im sure it's on the way". All of which must be done while it's parked in a very obvious place with clearly nothing being done.
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.
If I were China I'd use something disposable for these tasks, too.
I like that strategy, when they reply that they can see the ship on the port public webcam just answer with the South Park Comcast guy saying "We're sorry". Then keep on "working on it" until next request.
New cold war meta just dropped. Civilian seabed warfare domain is now fully integrated and playable.
I’m sure ML will just call this western lies
Russia and China one in the same being menaces
SINK IT.
JFC the West is stupid. China keeps testing and testing and testing. Fight back. Literally keelhaul the captain and first mate, hang the rest, blow that ship up in the most spectacular fashion you can dream of.
"Gosh. China is sure testing my patience."
Yeah. That's how it's played. They're seeing what we will do and won't do. And what we will do, is... nothing.