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Chinese ship ‘severs undersea cables around Taiwan’

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Four cores of an international submarine cable were left ruptured early on Jan 3 .

Tracking data revealed the Shunxing39 cargo vessel had dropped its anchor around the rupture site.

Chinese -owned vessels have previously been accused of deliberately damaging critical sea cables in the Baltic Sea in October 2023 and November 2024 .