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The report also states that the Chinese military is expected to cut undersea cables around Taiwan to cut off the island’s communications in the event of an invasion. The Commission’s researchers have also got their hands on a Chinese database showing “strategic points of interest” in Taiwan, including several undersea cable landing stations.
The Commission’s report greatly emphasizes the threat, making it clear how the cables are the backbone of financial transactions, government services, cloud platforms, and military communications. Disruption in a crisis could degrade internet availability, reroute traffic onto less optimal paths, or cause increased latency and loss of connectivity. As we’ve seen several times in the last few months alone, even small amounts of downtime to services like AWS and Cloudflare are hugely disruptive.
Ultimately, the report makes clear that the physical infrastructure underlying connected systems remains vulnerable, and the geopolitics of cable security is changing rapidly. In response to the growing risk, regulatory actions are already underway. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to ban certain Chinese technology and equipment from undersea cables linking to the U.S., and to streamline licensing with higher security thresholds for foreign‑adversary participation.
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Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/congressional-report-warns-of-chinese-undersea-cable-cutting-capabilities#main
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