Taipei, Taiwan – Submarine communication cables are essential for modern life: for security, economic prosperity and people's connection.
Experts warn that cables serving Taiwan and its high -tech saving are vulnerable not only to wear and accidents, but to sabotage.
At the beginning of 2025, a Chinese freighter was suspected of damaging the underwater cables between Taiwan and its peripheral Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait.
This incident highlighted the risks confronted with the Taiwan self-stripter, which China claims within the framework of its territory, so-called “gray-zone” activities-acts of aggression against an adversary who are not acts of war.
Radio Free Asia interviewed Huang Shengxiong, president of the Taiwan Internet Information Center, on the potential impact if China damages the Taiwan submarine cables.