Taiwan Suspects Chinese Ships Cut Islands' Internet Cables
Taiwan's government stopped short of calling it a deliberate act on the part of Beijing.
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Taiwan's government stopped short of calling it a deliberate act on the part of Beijing.
The cables are vital for providing internet service to the island, and the damage to them is causing major headaches across Taiwan.
In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldn't provide them with the internet.
The cables are vital for providing internet service to the island, and the damage to them is causing major headaches across Taiwan.
A Taiwan island group has been without internet for the past month. Taiwanese officials blame two Chinese ships for cutting cables that caused the outage. People are currently depending on a backup system that uses microwave signal system to receive limited internet.