The incident raises concern China will try to cut all undersea cables to Taiwan in the event of a military invasion, so Taiwan is racing to develop a satellite-based internet service.

The Taiwanese government alleged that a Chinese-owned vessel cut an underwater internet cable in an act of sabotage. The incident occurred on Friday when a Hong Kong-owned and Cameroon-flagged cargo ship,

The incident caused only minimal disruption of service but sent a message about the vulnerability of the island and its internet.

A Chinese-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable off Taiwan has stopped transmitting its location on the high seas, Taiwan's coast guard said Tuesday.Taiwan has asked South Korean authorities for assistance in the investigation into the ship after rough seas prevented them boarding the vessel near northern Taiwan,

A Taiwanese freighter is accused of deliberately dragging its anchor to cut an internet cable directly linking Taiwan to the U.S. East Coast.

A Chinese-linked ship has allegedly damaged an undersea telecommunications cable off Taiwan's coast, in the latest incident of suspected infrastructure sabotage. The damage occurred near Yehliu, New Taipei City on Friday,

The telecommunications cable connecting Taiwan to the mainland has been cut. Due to bad weather, a suspected vessel, a tanker under the Cameroonian flag, could not be detained and continued its journey to South Korea.