Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed cargo ship after undersea cable damaged

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Taiwan’s coastguard has detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew after an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged on Tuesday, saying it cannot rule out the possibility it was a deliberate “grey zone” act. “Whether the cause of the undersea cable breakage was intentional sabotage or a simple accident remains to be clarified by further investigation,” the coastguard said in a statement. “It cannot be ruled out that it was a grey-zone intrusion by China.” “Grey zone” refers to an act of hostile interference which does not reach the threshold of warfare. The coastguard said it was...