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Trans-Pacific Cable Plans Mired In US-China Geopolitical Rivalry
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 U.S. and China in the Pacific. The U.S. is reportedly creating a technology ring fence to match its military one and contain China's ambitions in the Pacific. The U.S. 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' U.S. 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. 'It was made very clear. These are cables connecting whole countries. These are very political things,' one insider said."
Submersible hunter-killer drones lie in wait to defend America's freedom cable and orbital defense platforms defend the space above from communist tyranny. Long live freedom's reign.
Of course they need to lay NSA tapped cables.
would not tolerate the use of Chinese gear in its construction.
Given the USAs recent activities, maybe the use of USA companies and gear should also not be tolerated.
Now if the rest of the world have a hint, they just need to use their own words
It has been made 'very clear' (some country) authorities would not allow significant U.S. investment in one cable project and it followed that they would not tolerate the use of U.S. gear in its construction. 'It was made very clear. These are cables connecting whole countries. These are very political things,' one insider said."
Brazil is already doing something of this, and more countries should follow.
The USA wants only their taps and backdoors working on those cables!
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.
China is building a cable across the Pacific, and American firms want to invest and use their equipment. Suddenly it sounds rational to disallow foreigners. How's that work?
I get the idea that Americans just aren't allowed to do anything that's in their national interest. If the Chinese government (and that's what state-owned enterprises means) wants to invest and install their own equipment, then the Americans must allow them! The Chinese will install spyware on the cable? Oh, boo hoo you Americans will just have to take it because you're bad people and hurt puppies!
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
China had, at last count, almost two thousand nuclear weapons and climbing.
If they actually hold true to their word is open for debate, but China also tried to push for a "no first strike" agreement but no one would sign on.
:"preemptive nuclear strike is a key option"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use
"China undertakes not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States or nuclear-weapon-free zones at any time or under any circumstances."
I like the nato reponse
So you run around telling the world you will use them only in defense AND wont sign a NFU as it "limits options" such as enless threats of using them?
China needs someone in their corner with nuclear weapons. Either that, or develop their own.
There are only 8 states known to have nuclear weapons (nine if you count Israel). If you are too fucking ignorant to know that China is one of them, which undermines most of your supposed argument, then you have no business discussing foreign policy.
And China isn't running around hunting down its ex-pats in Russian airports when its citizens come forward and say what its government is up to. They just stare blankly into the camera and then say "We make you iphone! iPhone good! You want more iphones? Shut up." ... and that's the end of it. -_-
This manages to be both idiotic, ignorant and racist all in one, so that's awesome.
Do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.
hey dumbass ... every space faring nation (china is one) has a delivery mechanism.
the growing rivalry between the U.S. and China
If anything the US and Chinese people have grown closer over the past decades; scratch that - for certain the US and Chinese people have grown closer over the past decades.
Only a bunch of crazy old men claiming to represent the people could continually fuck this up. To them I say: "get out of the way."
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
Until somebody develops the ability to nuke all it's enemies globally instantly, and synchronized down to the second globally, there's no point in signing such an agreement as MAD pretty much ensures that nobody is going to be using nuclear weapons.
Consequently, that treaty was just an effort to bolster China's image on the world stage. If there were really any purpose to such a treaty, it would have been signed a long time ago.
And they presently lack an effective delivery mechanism.
Except for the 65 odd ICBMs.
Who do you prefer listening into your communications? The US or China?
Given the inherent malignity of state entities, which is the least-worst?
-Styopa
I am not sure I understand this story: why US has its word to say about who is connecting Australia and New Zaeland? Aren't theses territories sovereign nations?
How many Al Jazeera offices has the Chinese military bombed in the last 10 years? Has the PM of China personally called a third world dictator to keep a journalist imprisoned and tortured, like Obama did with Yemen?
Nonsensical talking point. Getting an exit visa wouldn't have changed anything, because Snowden chose Hong Kong precisely because it wouldn't raise red flags with the government as opposed to flying to Caracas.
By people like Bradley Manning, who was subjected to two years of psycological torture before being tried in a kangaroo court.
Or, they aren't total morons and can see who the most belligerent bully in the world is. How many nations has China bombed, how many worldwide torture programs has it run while trying to tap and store the communications of everyone on the planet.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who desperately wanted to bomb a country, was clowned by a former KGB stooge who swooped in with a peace deal. What about it?