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After recent cases of China-linked undersea cable sabotage, part of what Taiwan's government calls China's gray-zone tactics, the Cabinet has passed a series of amendments aimed at better protecting undersea cables and pipelines for natural gas, water and weather monitoring services.

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00:00Taiwan's Cabinet has rolled out a series of amendments to better protect its undersea cables and pipelines.
00:23The Cabinet says the draft was prompted by cases of cable sabotage linked to China in recent years.
00:29It lays out punishments for sabotage and adds two preventative measures to existing laws.
00:35The first would allow authorities to seize vessels suspected of sabotage or loitering at commercial ports.
00:41The second would require all vessels transiting the Taiwan Strait to identify themselves through an automated system.
00:47The draft amendments would need legislative approval to become law.
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