Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office Photo:VCG

Recently, a report published by the Financial Times stated that submarine communication cables outside Keelung Port at the northern tip of Taiwan island were damaged, allegedly by a cargo ship's anchor dragging. The DPP authorities in Taiwan claimed this was not an "innocent accident" and expressed concerns about such "grey zone" operations from the mainland.

In response to DPP's comment, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated that there are over a hundred incidents of submarine optical cable damage globally each year, which are common maritime accidents.

The DPP authorities made baseless assumptions and deliberately exaggerated the incident as a so-called "grey zone threat," despite the basic facts and accident liability remaining unclear. This fully demonstrates the DPP's unscrupulous approach in manipulating anti-China narratives by any means necessary, showing no bottom line, Chen noted.

Global Times