Submission + - Trans-Pacific cable plans mired in US-China geopolitical rivalry (zdnet.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Attempts to build a new Telecommunications cable between the US, New Zealand and Australia have become a nexus for the growing rivalry between the US and China in the Pacific.
The US is reportedly creating a technology ring fence to match its military one and contain China's ambitions in the Pacific. US military could even help pay for any planned new cable to link its bases in American Samoa with its expanding military presence in Australia's Northern Territory.
It has been made "very clear" US authorities would not allow significant Chinese investment in one cable project and it followed that they would not tolerate the use of Chinese gear in its construction.
âoeIt was made very clear. These are cables connecting whole countries. These are very political things," one insider said.
The US is reportedly creating a technology ring fence to match its military one and contain China's ambitions in the Pacific. US military could even help pay for any planned new cable to link its bases in American Samoa with its expanding military presence in Australia's Northern Territory.
It has been made "very clear" US authorities would not allow significant Chinese investment in one cable project and it followed that they would not tolerate the use of Chinese gear in its construction.
âoeIt was made very clear. These are cables connecting whole countries. These are very political things," one insider said.
