Coorganized by Mazu temples in Quanzhou and Taiwan's Penghu, the Qigui ritual — touching a rice tortoise from head to tail — is held on Lantern Festival to pray for peace and happiness.

Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom reported the cable between Penghu, a strategic island group in the sensitive Taiwan Strait, and Taiwan was disconnected early Tuesday, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said.

The National Communications and Cyber Security Center received a report at 3:03am today from Chunghwa Telecom that the No. 3 cable from Taiwan to Penghu was severed 14.7km off the coast of Tainan, the ...