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Nikkei Asia (22 January 2025)

Lauly Li, Cheng Ting-Fang And Thompson Chau

Taiwan's remaining undersea cable link to the Matsu Islands near China was completely disconnected early Wednesday, the government said, adding to a string of such issues and raising concerns over the key tech economy's digital resilience.

The incident happened only a week after the other subsea cable link between Matsu and Taiwan was broken last Wednesday due to aging infrastructure, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs.

This marks the fourth subsea cable disruption so far this year, which is already more than the three recorded in all of 2024, the ministry said. (...)

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