https://www.scmp.com/rss/520164/feed Dr Ya-chi Chiang is a professor at National Taiwan Ocean University and board director of Taiwan Law and Technology Association. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Asia-Pacific region, home to the world’s fastest-growing digital economies, is critically dependent on undersea cables, yet this vital infrastructure remains underappreciated and vulnerable. Stretching across oceans and seabeds, these fibre-optic cables carry 95 per cent of global data, forming the backbone of our digital age. Despite the rise of low Earth orbit satellites, undersea cables remain the dominant conduits of online traffic – a reality unlikely to change soon, especially in Asia... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3287781/asias-digital-future-hangs-thread-beneath-ocean-waves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3287781/asias-digital-future-hangs-thread-beneath-ocean-waves?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:00:09 +0000