{"id":656,"date":"2026-03-24T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/chile-china-express-the-submarine-cable-that-divided-chile-and-sparked-the-digital-war-between-the-us-and-china\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:00:38","slug":"chile-china-express-the-submarine-cable-that-divided-chile-and-sparked-the-digital-war-between-the-us-and-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/chile-china-express-the-submarine-cable-that-divided-chile-and-sparked-the-digital-war-between-the-us-and-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile China Express: The Submarine Cable that Divided Chile and Sparked the Digital War between the US and China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Ambitious Project<\/h2><p>The Chile China Express project promised to be a landmark in Latin American telecommunications. With 20,000 km of submarine fiber optics and a $500 million investment, this cable aimed to connect Chile directly to Asia, reducing dependency on North American networks.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Role of China Mobile<\/h2><p>Operated by China Mobile, one of China&#8217;s tech giants, the submarine cable was seen as an opportunity for the Asian country to expand its influence in Latin America. However, this influence was not well-received by all parties involved.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">US Reaction<\/h2><p>The approval and subsequent annulment of the project within 48 hours not only surprised but also triggered a series of sanctions and diplomatic tensions. The United States, concerned about China&#8217;s technological expansion, sanctioned Chilean officials with visa restrictions.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact on Digital Sovereignty<\/h2><p>This situation raises questions about Latin America&#8217;s digital sovereignty. With the growing dependency on foreign technological infrastructures, countries in the region face the challenge of balancing foreign investment with local control of their networks.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics and Transition in Chile<\/h2><p>The government transition from Boric to Kast in Chile is affected by these tensions. Technology has become a battleground where political and economic decisions have a direct impact on the country&#8217;s security and development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ambitious Project The Chile China Express project promised to be a landmark in Latin American telecommunications. With 20,000 km of submarine fiber optics and a $500 million investment, this cable aimed to connect Chile directly to Asia, reducing dependency on North American networks. The Role of China Mobile Operated by China Mobile, one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tecnologia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostify.cl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}