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Beijing Reveals Cable-Cutting Tech to Rattle Taiwan, Say Analysts

In recent years, Chinese cargo ships have been linked to multiple damaged underwater cables worldwide.
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Beijing Reveals Cable-Cutting Tech to Rattle Taiwan, Say Analysts
The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 (right) is anchored and monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near Jutland, Denmark, on Nov. 20, 2024. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
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A recent public revelation of Chinese cable-cutting technology capable of disrupting global communications has raised concerns among military experts in Taiwan.

The China Ship Science Research Center (CSSRC) and its affiliated State Key Laboratory of Deep-Sea Manned Vehicles have developed a deep-sea cable-cutting device that targets armored cables, which support 95 percent of global data transmission, according to a March 22 report by South China Morning Post (SCMP), a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper.

Haizhong Ning was a state employee and worked for a real estate company in China, before moving abroad and working as a reporter with a focus on Chinese affairs and politics for more than seven years.