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Illustration: Liu Rui/GTA new report funded by Australia's Department of Defense played up security risks to submarine cables in the Indo-Pacific waters and pointed finger at China and some other countries over alleged undersea‑cable attacks in recent years, while claiming threats against subsea cables are growing. A Chinese expert said that accusing China without conclusive evidence constitutes "over‑securitization" made by Australian side, as well as a calculated pretext for its own military expansion.
Published by the National Security College at the Australian National University (ANU), the paper claimed recent damage to cables in the Baltic Sea and around China's Taiwan region suggests "state actors are now actively probing and testing cable infrastructure in peacetime as part of broader hybrid warfare strategies" to rapidly degrade connectivity at the outset of a conflict, The Australian reported.
The paper claimed 16 privately owned subsea cables that carry 99 percent of Australia's internet traffic are a "high priority target" for Australia's adversaries that could be severed in a conflict, threatening the nation's economy and social fabric, according to The Australian.
The report singled out China and Russia for blame, saying that there have been multiple apparent attacks on submarine cables in recent years in European waters as well as near China's Taiwan region, suspected to be linked to Russia and China, the Straits Times reported.
However, the report cites a 2025 voyage by Chinese research vessel
Tan Suo Yi Hao along Australia's western and southern coastlines as evidence to back its claim that "potential adversaries are actively gathering information about Australia's cable infrastructure."
This report, relying on the routine scientific operations of a Chinese research vessel in 2025 to level allegations of offensive actions against China, and employing ambiguous terminology such as "suspected" and "potential," demonstrates Australia's evidentiary leap, Chen Hong, director of the Australian Studies Center of East China Normal University, told the Global Times on Monday.
This erroneous claim was refuted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry at the time. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on March 31, 2025 that China carries out normal activities at sea in accordance with international law, including UNCLOS.
"We hope Australia will have a right understanding of this and stop the groundless suspicion and speculations," Guo added.
This is not the first time certain Australian politicians has leveled baseless accusations of China intending to sabotage its undersea cables. Back in May, Defense Minister Richard Marles claimed during the Shangri-La Dialogue that China ought to boost transparency around its maritime operations. He also asserted that a surge in damage to subsea cables had transformed the seabed into a "battlefield," per The Australian.
Chen said Australian side's scaremongering is tied to its predictive threat‑perception framework forged in recent years. This framework designates China and other countries as strategic competitors in advance, subsequently forces routine scientific activities into a confrontational framework, Chen said.
Apart from unfounded allegations against China, the paper claims Australia's defense military "must incorporate the defense of submarine cable infrastructure into its operational planning," according to The Australian.
It added the government should also consider up¬grading an auxiliary ship operated by the navy, ADV Guidance, to enable it to repair damaged cables.
The vast majority of submarine cable damages are caused by accidental factors such as fishing operations and vessel anchoring, rather than deliberate sabotage. For suspected cases of intentional damage, independent technical investigation bodies should be established, and the principle of "investigate first, characterize later" should be strictly applied, so as to prevent ordinary maritime accidents from escalating into diplomatic conflicts, Chen said.
The core problem of Australian side's submarine cable security lies entirely with itself. Instead of addressing its own infrastructure shortcomings and improving its domestic protection and maintenance systems, the Australian side has chosen to continually exaggerate external threats and stoke bloc confrontation, the expert added.
Chen said that by fabricating alleged Chinese threats, Australian side seeks to "rationalize" its military spending increases and underwater force expansion. The submarine digital infrastructure originally meant to serve global development has been labeled along us versus them lines, and this constitutes the biggest hidden danger, he added.
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赖清德当局社宅目标从13万户骤减至3万户，被批政策跳票、玩弄数字；国民党痛斥其选前画饼、选后失信，呼吁向青年与民众道歉。
中国台湾网8月17日讯 近日有岛内民间团体指控，赖清德当局新建社会住宅的目标从13万户大减至3万户，雪崩式下跌，根本是政策跳票。对此，台内务主管部门负责人刘世芳辩称，13万社宅“目标没变”，只是从直接兴办改为所谓“多元方式”，增加包括整体开发、都市更新、危老改建等“多元方式”。 中国国民党文传会主委陈以信今天（17日）批评，赖清德竞选时明明承诺8年要新增13万户直接兴建社会住宅，如今却大幅缩减为3万户，再以所谓“多元兴办”重新包装，大玩数字游戏愚弄民众。
二 | 他痛批赖清德政见跳票，应为政策“发夹弯”向岛内民众、青年道歉。
图注：赖清德上台前“画大饼”忽悠民众，如今承诺全面跳票。 陈以信指出，赖清德竞选台湾地区领导人时，提出8年新增13万户直接兴建社宅，这不是国民党替他编造的数字，而是赖清德在政见发表会上对民众的明确承诺。如今赖当局却把“直接兴建13万户”移花接木变成“多元兴办13万户”。
三 | 陈以信质疑，赖当局原本承诺13万户直接兴建，为什么现在只剩3万户？剩下的10万户社宅在哪里？为何赖清德“执政”四年就凭空消失10万户社宅？这究竟是“执政”无能，说得到做不到，还是当年根本就是漫天喊价和胡乱骗票？
陈以信强调，社会住宅不是赖当局可以任意重新定义的政绩数字，而是岛内年轻人能不能买得起房、租得起房、能不能安心成家的现实问题。
四 | 赖清德竞选时拍胸脯保证，要让青年能够安心成家，结果证明“选前画大饼，选后大跳票”。陈以信痛批赖清德政见大跳票，对不起台湾民众、对不起青年，“在政策发夹弯转向前，赖清德不只欠青年人一个解释，更欠全体民众一个道歉！”
针对赖清德政策跳票一事，台湾《中国时报》社论文章指出，居住政策攸关民众对岛内执政当局的信任，因它直接牵动婚育、就业流动与世代公平。如今，台湾青年面对的不只是房价高，而是租不起、买不起、成家成本节节升高。赖当局一方面高喊“少子化”危机，另一方面又削弱安居的公共基础，两套政策互相抵消。少掉的10万户不是统计缺口，而是无数家庭被迫延后人生的现实。 文章指出，赖当局真正该做的，不是再就政策缩水对外争辩，也不是把责任推向岛内县市、在野阵营，或是归咎于客观环境，而是公开说清承诺数字的缩减原因。如果做不到，就诚实向民众交代。若继续失去岛内年轻族群的信任，赖当局所付出的代价只会更加沉重。
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