U.S. Backs $14 Billion Undersea Cable to Route Southeast Asia's Internet Around the South China Sea

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is funding a feasibility study for a trans-Pacific subsea cable linking Thailand, the U.S., and five other Southeast Asian nations while deliberately bypassing the South China Sea, as Washington seeks to keep the region's digital infrastructure out of China's reach.

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