China Admits Its Ship Damaged Baltic Natural Gas Pipeline by Accident

A Hong Kong-flagged container ship owned by a China mainland firm damaged a natural gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland in the Baltic Sea last autumn, but it was all by accident, Chinese authorities have told the two EU member states, according to sources cited by South China Morning Post. In October 2023, the Balticconnector pipeline between Estonia and Finland in the Baltic Sea was damaged. Initial investigations zoomed in on suspected sabotage, with the Nord Steam pipeline sabotage from the prior year still fresh in prosecutors’ offices…