Taiwan Detains Eight Chinese Nationals After Undersea Cable Cut

Taiwan detained the Chinese crew of a freighter after an undersea communications cable to one of its offshore outposts was severed, a move that risks heightening cross-strait tensions.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard said the eight crew and the Togolese-registered vessel were taken into custody on February 25. The incident was being investigated to see if sabotage of the cable linking Taiwan’s main island and the smaller Penghu was involved, the Coast Guard said in its …