SPECIAL REPORT-U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables

Subsea cables, which carry the world’s data, are now central to the U.S.-China tech war. Washington, fearful of Beijing’s spies, has thwarted Chinese cable projects abroad and choked Big Tech’s cable routes to Hong Kong, Reuters has learned. We go inside a $600-million contract that a U.S. cable-laying firm snatched from a Chinese company after the U.S. government successfully pressured investors with sweeteners – and warnings about the risks of not getting on board with Uncle Sam.