As China targets Taiwan’s undersea cables, some locals fear ‘grey zone’ warfare

阅读中文版 At the Port of Anping in Tainan, Taiwan’s ancient capital, a large cargo ship named Hong Tai 58 sits decaying and riddled with rust. Once ruled by a pirate warlord named Koxinga, who drove out Dutch colonists in the 1662 siege of Fort Zeelandia, Tainan is now where this crumbling vessel and its captain have been detained since February. One of the ship’s anchors is missing, likely left lying on the sea bed about 10 kilometres west. There, it’s alleged the captain instructed his sailors to zigzag over the top of Taiwan-Penghu No. 3 communications cable, which connects the…