Cutting two submarine cables linking Taiwan to outlying Matsu Islands is China's

🇨🇳 Foreign Policy Reviewer: Cutting two submarine cables linking Taiwan to outlying Matsu Islands is China's dress rehearsal to completely shut down Taiwanese internet On February 2 and 8, Chunghwa Telecom's two Taiwan-Matsu submarine cables experienced failures, affecting the quality of service for residents in the Matsu area. Weng Baizong, vice chairman and spokesman for the National Communications Commission, said on February 17 that, according to Chunghwa Telecom, the Taima No. 2 was cut by a Chinese fishing boat and Taima No. 3 damaged by a Chinese freighter. In Taiwan, Chinese ships are believed to have deliberately cut the cables, and industry insiders point to two concerns. First, in an unprecedented case, two submarine cables between Taiwan and Matsu were cut in just six days. Secondly, the damage occurred near Matsu. Telecommunications executives, however, said it was difficult to provide conclusive evidence of malicious intent.

Elizabeth Broe, an American national security expert at the American Enterprise Institute, said submarine cables are not uncommon, "but the loss of two cables in a row is either really unfortunate, or quite possibly not a coincidence." Brau said that while the US was monitoring the skies after the spy balloon incident, China may have been conducting operations at sea. Beijing is now watching how the people of Matsu are coping and how they will be able to re-establish contact with Taiwan itself. P.S. It is obvious that they are trying to "unleash all the dogs" on Beijing. Looking for any excuse to get hooked: - first, balloons and UFOs were found in the sky over the USA; - then someone, including Stoltenberg, imagined that Beijing was preparing arms supplies to Russia; - now we have seen that Chinese ships allegedly cut off Taiwanese cables ...

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