00:00Backup communications to Taiwan's outlying island of Dongyin have been activated after an undersea
00:06cable linking it to the rest of the country was severed. Poor weather conditions apparently
00:10shifted the wreckage of a ship onto the cables, cutting them. Dongyin is Taiwan's northernmost
00:16island and is home to around 1,500 people. The vulnerability of undersea cables has been an
00:21ongoing concern for Taiwan. The government has blamed several previous breakages on Chinese ships.
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