The Coast Guard Administration intercepted a Cameroon-registered container ship with a Chinese name after it was suspected of damaging an undersea cable north of Taiwan on Friday.
The Coast Guard Administration intercepted a Cameroon-registered container ship with a Chinese name after it was suspected of damaging an undersea cable north of Taiwan on Friday.
No, that’s not how the game is played.
You capture it, send the crew home (or dont) and the just say “what ship” every time you are asked. Or “we’re working on returning it”, "“its just being investigated for an unrelated reason”, or the ever popular “we remember sending it last week, im sure it’s on the way”. All of which must be done while it’s parked in a very obvious place with clearly nothing being done.
I think the ship is worth less than the cable. Even if all the crew are Chinese spies, their lives are probably worth less to China than the value of successfully cutting the cable.
If I were Taiwan, I would put the whole crew on trial for espionage, and publicize it as much as possible.
If I were China I’d use something disposable for these tasks, too.
I like that strategy, when they reply that they can see the ship on the port public webcam just answer with the South Park Comcast guy saying “We’re sorry”. Then keep on “working on it” until next request.