China 'cuts internet to Taiwan islands in latest intimidation tactic to force reunification'

China has been accused of cutting the internet to one of Taiwan’s outlying islands as part of its latest intimidation tactic to force reunification.

Some living on Matsu, close to neighboring China, were struggling to pay electricity bills, make a doctor’s appointment or receive a package. 

Matsu’s 14,000 residents rely on two submarine internet cables leading to Taiwan’s main island. 

The National Communications Commission (NCC), citing the island’s telecom service, blamed two Chinese ships…