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Undersea cable security drives Manila to explore Taipei collaboration

The Philippines is pursuing undersea cable security talks with Taipei, even as Manila maintains its one-China policy. This is pragmatic geopolitics: data infrastructure demands collaboration that sovereignty alone cannot secure. When the physical backbone of global communications reveals its vulnerabilities, as our coverage on that subject details, nations must navigate political constraints to protect shared digital arteries. Validated, measurable threats to ocean intelligence demand equally clear responses, and this Manila-Taipei exploration signals a necessary recalibration.