Compare the narrative of this Reuters article, that the construction of the SeaMeWe-6 submarine cable is a proxy war and cold war between US and China, with the

Compare the narrative of this Reuters article, that the construction of the SeaMeWe-6 submarine cable is a proxy war and cold war between US and China, with the narrative in the Wired article Mother Earth Mother Board (1996) [0] by Sci-Fi writer Neal Stephenson, that the construction of the FLAG submarine cable was the beginning of the new Internet age, which would eliminate national boundaries, end monopolies, bring diversity and create a multi-polar world order... One has to say that the era has really changed, and the utopian dream by digital libertarians is coming to an end. It's hard to imagine that 1996 was almost 30 years ago by now. [0] https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/