This is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years in which undersea Taiwanese cables have been damaged — with Taipei in some instances blaming China. Earlier this year, a Chinese cargo ship was suspected of severing a link northeast of the island.

Taiwan has detained a Chinese-crewed ship over suspicions it deliberately damaged an undersea cable to the island. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration reported intercepting the “Hongtai 168” while investigating a disruption involving an undersea fiber cable for a local mobile carrier,

Taiwan’s coast guard has detained a cargo ship with a Chinese crew after an important undersea telecommunications cable was mysteriously cut. The ship, named Hongtai 58, was flying a Togolese flag but had a crew of eight Chinese nationals.