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Chile’s Undersea Cable and Competition with the United States and China

本站:Apr 10, 2026原文:Mar 5, 2026

hǎi dǐ海底diàn lǎn电缆zài在hǎi dǐ海底，kàn bú jiàn看不见，dàn但hěn很zhòng yào重要。

Undersea cables lie on the ocean floor. They cannot be seen, but they are very important.

xiàn zài现在shì jiè世界shàng上dà bù fèn大部分wǎng luò网络shù jù数据，dōu都yào要kào靠tā它lái来chuán sòng传送，bǐ rú比如wǎng shàng网上fù kuǎn付款、gōng sī公司gōng zuò工作、zhèng fǔ政府lián xì联系hé和shì pín视频tōng huà通话。

Today, most of the world’s internet data depends on them for transmission, such as online payments, company operations, government communication, and video calls.

méi yǒu没有hǎi dǐ diàn lǎn海底电缆，shù zì jīng jì数字经济jiù就hěn很nán难zhèng cháng正常yùn xíng运行。

Without undersea cables, the digital economy would be very hard to run normally.

zhì lì智利xiǎng想jiàn shè建设yī tiáo一条zhí jiē直接lián jiē连接yà zhōu亚洲de的hǎi dǐ海底diàn lǎn电缆，hái yǒu还有zhōng guó中国gōng sī公司cān jiā参加。

Chile wants to build an undersea cable that connects directly to Asia, and a Chinese company is taking part.

yǒu rén有人jué de觉得，zhè yàng这样kě yǐ可以ràng让zhì lì智利hé和yà zhōu亚洲lián xì联系gèng更kuài快、gèng更fāng biàn方便，yě也néng能bāng zhù帮助mào yì贸易、jīn róng金融hé和wǎng luò网络fú wù服务fā zhǎn发展。

Some people think this could make Chile’s connection with Asia faster and easier, and also help trade, finance, and internet services grow.

dàn但měi guó美国hěn很dān xīn担心，yīn wèi因为tā它rèn wéi认为hǎi dǐ diàn lǎn海底电缆bù不zhǐ shì只是jì shù技术wèn tí问题，yě也guān xì关系dào到ān quán安全、xìn xī信息hé和guó jì国际yǐng xiǎng lì影响力。

But the United States is very worried, because it believes undersea cables are not only a technical issue, but also related to security, information, and international influence.

měi guó美国hái还duì对yī xiē一些xiāng guān相关guān yuán官员qǔ xiāo取消le了qiān zhèng签证，shuō míng说明zhè这jiàn件shì事yǐ jīng已经biàn chéng变成zhèng zhì政治wèn tí问题。

The United States has also canceled the visas of some officials involved, showing that this has become a political issue.

zhè ge这个zhēng yì争议bù不zhǐ shì只是guān yú关于yī tiáo一条diàn lǎn电缆，ér shì而是guān yú关于shuí谁lái来jiàn shè建设hé和guǎn lǐ管理wèi lái未来de的shù zì数字wǎng luò网络。

This dispute is not just about one cable, but about who will build and manage the future digital network.

xiàn zài现在，měi guó美国hé和zhōng guó中国dōu都xī wàng希望zài在kē jì科技hé和wǎng luò网络fāng miàn方面yǒu有gèng更dà大yǐng xiǎng影响。

Now both the United States and China want greater influence in technology and the internet.

duì对zhì lì智利hé和lā dīng měi zhōu拉丁美洲lái来shuō说，zěn me怎么zài在liǎng biān两边zhī jiān之间zuò做xuǎn zé选择、bǎo hù保护zì jǐ自己de的lì yì利益，shì是yí gè一个hěn很zhòng yào重要de的wèn tí问题。

For Chile and Latin America, how to choose between the two sides and protect their own interests is an important question.

Source:Chile, the submarine cable, and the strategic competition between the United States and China

By Mauricio Herrera Kahn / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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