Communist China is a bully?
"In July this year, a Taiwanese court handed down a criminal conviction for the destruction of an undersea communications cable. The Chinese captain of the Hong Tai 58 (宏泰58號), a bulk carrier, was sentenced to three years in prison after his vessel loitered in February in a government-designated no-anchor zone (禁錨警戒區) and severed a critical submarine cable between Taiwan and Penghu. The incident caused over NTD 17 million (USD 520,000) in damages to Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信) and temporarily disrupted vital civil and government communications. Although the defendant claimed negligence rather than malice, the court found him guilty of gross dereliction of duty. The ruling marks not just a judicial milestone but a strategic one. Undersea cables are no longer mere commercial assets—rather, they are infrastructure representing Taiwan’s sovereignty. ..."
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