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An Indonesian fisherman found a Chinese underwater drone in the Lombok Strait recently.
Analysts believe it's part of Beijing's broader system to monitor the critical waterway.
This comes as China's growing undersea activities are raising concerns.
NTD's Flora Huang has the story.
Last week an Indonesian fisherman found a large torpedo-shaped device near the Strait of Lombok, a key waterway of naval and trade activities.
The device is marked with the letters CSIC, short for China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, as its logo.
A maritime defense analyst believe the device is part of China's undersea monitoring network and belongs to the Chinese 710 Research Institute.
The research institute is under CSIC and focuses on underwater attack and defense.
And the location is also highly sensitive.
The Lombok Strait sits between two islands of Indonesia.
The waterway has great value to Australia and the United States and other US allies.
It's commonly seen as an alternative for the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest waterways in the world.
Some analysts believe the drone was used for China's seabed mapping operations.
The deepwater Strait is especially attractive to Beijing for its nuclear-powered submarines and other large warships.
Analysts and scholars warn Beijing's unauthorized undersea activities raise serious concerns, especially when the countries involved have limited underwater defense capabilities compared to China.
Indonesia says it will continue the investigation, but the country chose to use quiet diplomacy to respond to a similar incident in 2020.
China is Indonesia's largest trading partner.
Flora Huang, NTD News.
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