Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> Coast Guard Blames <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>-Owned Ship For Cutting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Undersea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Undersea</span></a> Communications Cable<br>At the center of the incident is the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Shunxin39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shunxin39</span></a>, a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship that Taiwanese authorities say is owned by Jie Yang Trading Limited, a Hong Kong company headed by Guo Wenjie, a citizen of China<br>Last Friday’s incident is the latest to have affected Taiwanese cables and is part of a pattern of similar events that have also occurred recently around Europe. <a href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/taiwan-coast-guard-blames-chinese-owned-ship-for-cutting-undersea-communications-cable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">twz.com/news-features/taiwan-c</span><span class="invisible">oast-guard-blames-chinese-owned-ship-for-cutting-undersea-communications-cable</span></a></p>