China is being thwarted in its efforts to finance and build undersea internet cables around the globe, as western governments seek to quash Chinese companies’ involvement. As the FT’s Anna Gross explains, it’s underscoring simmering geopolitical tensions over intelligence gathering, and China is fighting back by investing in digital infrastructure in the developing world.
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