TAIPIEI, TAIWAN-The Taiwan Coast Guard stopped a cargo cargo and its Chinese crew after an underwater cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged on Tuesday, saying that it cannot exclude the possibility that was of a deliberate act of “gray zone”.
The activities of the gray area are secret, ambiguous and low intensity tactics used to achieve strategic objectives without causing an open war, which Taiwan frequently declared that China employed around the self-rail island.
The Administration of the Coast Guard of Taiwan, or CGA, said that it had received a report on the damaged cable from its telecommunications service on Tuesday morning and sent staff to hold Hong Tai 58 to Chinese failure, recorded in the Togo, who dropped the anchor near the cable outside Hong Tai 58, recorded in Togo, which dropped the anchor near the cable off the cable off the Chinese cable cable, recorded in Togo, which dropped the anchor near the cable off the cable cable off the cable of the China cable the southwest coast of Taiwan at the time when She was disconnected.
“The cargo cargo suspected of Togo, Hong Tai, turned out to be a convenience flag ship invested by Chinese, the eight crew members being Chinese nationals,” said CGA.
The Hong Tai remained stationary near the damaged submarine cable n ° 3 from Taiwan-Penghu from Saturday to Tuesday, which prompted the Taiwan coast guard to monitor and try radio contact, which remained unanswered, according to CGA.
The ship was then escorted to a port, although the initial boarding efforts failed due to difficult seas, said the coast guard, adding that the case was dealt with as a question of national security.
“The authorities do not rise to the possibility of a Chinese operation in the gray area,” said the agency.
Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday in a briefing that he was not aware of the situation, although adding that it was not a “diplomatic problem” . He did not develop.
Taiwan reported five cases of maritime cable malfunction this year, against three each in 2024 and 2023.
In 2023, for example, two submarine cables connecting the Matsu Islands were cut, disconnecting the Internet.
At that time, the Taiwan authorities said two Chinese ships had caused the disruption, but that there was no evidence that Beijing deliberately falsified the cables.
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Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of using gray zone tactics to destabilize the region without direct military conflict, citing Chinese military incursions, cyber attacks, economic coercion, electoral interference and damage caused by cables.
Beijing considers Taiwan as its territory while the democratic island has been autonomy since its indeed separation of continental China in 1949 after the Chinese civil war.
Taipei condemned Beijing trade restrictions on the island exports and alleged disinformation campaigns before the elections, warning growing threats to regional security.
China, however, denies these accusations, claiming that its military activities are routine operations and that economic measures are based on regulatory concerns. Beijing insists that Taiwan is a national problem and warns against foreign interference, arguing that his actions are legal and necessary to protect national sovereignty.
Edited by Tajun Kang.