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A |     美国食品和药物管理局烟草产品中心主任Brian King在一份声明中说：“我们不会对制造商一再违反法律袖手旁观，尤其是在获得多次遵守的机会之后。”这些公司在销售烟草产品之前需要得到美国食品和药物管理局的许可，其中包括蒸汽烟和电子烟。在过去的一年里，该机构一直在处理数百家生产电子烟的公司的申请，批准了少数几家，拒绝了许多其他公司。尽管如此，许多公司仍然继续生产和销售新产品，而没有经过FDA的程序。    

    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.
。根据该声明，到目前为止，该机构只向它所说的违法公司发出警告信--迄今为止，它已发出近300封。

B | 但在许多情况下，这些信件并没有起到作用。根据Stat News的调查，警告信中提到的一半以上的产品今年夏天仍在市场上销售。美国食品和药物管理局说，面临禁令的六家公司已经收到警告，但继续销售未经授权的电子烟产品。这些公司位于明尼苏达州、西弗吉尼亚州、华盛顿州、佐治亚州、堪萨斯州和亚利桑那州。

C | 禁令标志着美国食品和药物管理局监督蒸汽烟和电子烟的方法发生了变化，并可能是对其他处于类似情况的公司的警告。该机构还有其他执法工具可供支配，包括有权发出罚款。面临禁令的六家公司可以同意一个两边同意的判决，这将“阻止他们直接或间接制造、销售或分销任何新的烟草产品，除非并直到满足某些先决条件”--包括要求这些产品获得FDA的授权。如果这些公司不同意，联邦机构可以要求法院阻止他们制造和销售产品。

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