The World Bank's cancellation of submarine cable system bidding reveals deeper US-China diplomatic and security tensions over undersea cables.
, August 21, 2021). In August 2022, Singapore imposed three fines totaling 300,000 SGD on a private construction company for damaging multiple telecommunication cables while carrying out sheet piling works. [1]Both the US and China also have domestic regulations that are inconsistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the international agreement often described as the “constitution of the oceans.
The US also has domestic laws that are inconsistent with UNCLOS provisions. While Washington has not ratified the international agreement, US administrations have consistently treated the international treaty and its provisions as customary international law . Article 113 of UNCLOS mandates that all states must adopt laws that define the breaking of a submarine cable “willfully or through culpable negligence” as a punishable offense.
In the case of China, cable-laying providers must first obtain a letter of nonobjection from the Chinese military before they can submit a formal application to land fiber-optic systems in Chinese-controlled territories or waters . Should a foreign vessel successfully obtain a license and start carrying out any laying and repair activities, however, other burdensome requirements remain.
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