
Taipei, Taiwan
CNN
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Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea internet cable, in the latest possible breach of the island’s communication lines.
The vessel suspected of damaging the cable connecting Taiwan to its outlying Penghu Islands carried a “flag of convenience” and was crewed by eight Chinese nationals, Taiwan’s coast guard said in a statement.
A “flag of convenience” vessel is one that flies the flag of a country other than the country of ownership.
The ship “Hong Tai,” registered in the West African…