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10-08-2025
- Business
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TikTok, undersea cables and AI: How China's digital expansion and surveillance raise security concerns in the West
As the global battle for technological supremacy intensifies, national security experts are sounding the alarm over China's creeping dominance in telecommunications, an invisible war being waged far below the surface through undersea cables, data centres and surveillance platforms. Read here read more With the global race for technological dominance heats up, national security experts are raising urgent concerns about China's growing control over critical telecommunications infrastructure, an invisible battleground fought beneath the ocean through undersea cables, sprawling data centres and pervasive surveillance platforms. Salih Hudayar, Foreign Minister for the East Turkestan government-in-exile, told Pieuvre that China's expanding grip on global communications poses a direct threat to democracy and security in Western countries. 'It's not just a trade issue. It's war, an information war,' Hudayar said. 'And the West is losing.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Undersea cables, vital arteries for global internet and communications are increasingly constructed or controlled by Chinese state-linked companies, raising fears that Beijing could gain access to sensitive data and the power to disrupt Western economies and military networks during crises. Hudayar also said that China is rapidly developing vast artificial intelligence data centres in East Turkestan, a region under occupation where Uighur communities face severe repression. Alarmingly, many of these facilities rely on advanced chips manufactured in the West despite existing export controls. 'This is the absurdity of the situation,' Hudayar said. 'The US is enabling China's growth by selling advanced tech, all in the name of short-term trade stability. Meanwhile, Beijing is turning it into a weapon.' Another key front in this shadowy conflict is TikTok, which Hudayar described as a 'surveillance platform masquerading as entertainment.' According to Pieuvre, the app's parent company ByteDance collects extensive user data and passes it to Beijing, compiling detailed digital profiles of millions of Western citizens. Hudayar warned, 'The Chinese Communist Party is compiling dossiers for future blackmail, political manipulation and ideological influence.' Hudayar stressed that the West must urgently invest heavily in developing its own secure technology infrastructure, ranging from building protected undersea cables to banning Chinese-made devices that could act as Trojan horses or risk falling under Beijing's digital domination. 'China didn't ask permission,' he concluded. 'It launched this war. Now it's up to the West to fight back, before it's too late.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD With inputs from agencies
Time of India
10-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
China's silent war on West: Undersea cables, TikTok, and technological takeover
As the global battle for technological supremacy intensifies, national security experts are sounding the alarm over China's creeping dominance in telecommunications, an invisible war being waged far below the surface through undersea cables, data centres, and surveillance platforms. According to Pieuvre, Salih Hudayar, Foreign Minister for the East Turkestan government-in-exile , warns that China's grip on global communications infrastructure poses a direct threat to democracy and security in the West. Productivity Tool Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel guide By Metla Sudha Sekhar View Program Finance Introduction to Technical Analysis & Candlestick Theory By Dinesh Nagpal View Program Finance Financial Literacy i e Lets Crack the Billionaire Code By CA Rahul Gupta View Program Digital Marketing Digital Marketing Masterclass by Neil Patel By Neil Patel View Program Finance Technical Analysis Demystified- A Complete Guide to Trading By Kunal Patel View Program Productivity Tool Excel Essentials to Expert: Your Complete Guide By Study at home View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals Batch 2 By Ansh Mehra View Program "It's not just a trade issue. It's war, an information war," Hudayar told Pieuvre. "And the West is losing." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like She Mixed Pink Salt With This - Now She Can't Stop Losing Weight Break The Weight Learn More Undo Undersea cables, critical for internet and communications connectivity, are now central to China's strategy. These massive, often-unnoticed arteries of digital life are increasingly built or controlled by Chinese state-linked firms. Hudayar emphasised that allowing Beijing to dominate this infrastructure risks giving a totalitarian regime access to sensitive data and the means to cripple Western economies and militaries in a crisis. According to Pieuvre, Hudayar revealed that China is rapidly building massive AI data centres in East Turkestan, an occupied region where the Uighur population continues to face state persecution. Shockingly, many of these projects are powered by Western-manufactured chips, despite export restrictions. Live Events "This is the absurdity of the situation," said Hudayar. "The US is enabling China's growth by selling advanced tech, all in the name of short-term trade stability. Meanwhile, Beijing is turning it into a weapon." Another major front in this covert war is TikTok, which Hudayar called a "surveillance platform masquerading as entertainment." Pieuvre reports that user data from TikTok is harvested by ByteDance and handed over to Beijing, forming digital profiles of millions of Western citizens. Hudayar warned, "The Chinese Communist Party is compiling dossiers for future blackmail, political manipulation, and ideological influence." The stakes, Hudayar told Pieuvre, are clear: If the West fails to invest, at great cost, in homegrown tech infrastructure, it risks falling under China's digital dominance. This includes everything from building secure undersea cables to banning Chinese-made devices and services that serve as Trojan horses. "China didn't ask permission," Hudayar concluded. "It launched this war. Now it's up to the West to fight back, before it's too late."
News18
10-08-2025
- Business
- News18
Chinas silent war on West: Undersea cables, TikTok, and technological takeover
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): As the global battle for technological supremacy intensifies, national security experts are sounding the alarm over China's creeping dominance in telecommunications, an invisible war being waged far below the surface through undersea cables, data centres, and surveillance platforms. According to Pieuvre, Salih Hudayar, Foreign Minister for the East Turkestan government-in-exile, warns that China's grip on global communications infrastructure poses a direct threat to democracy and security in the West.'It's not just a trade issue. It's war, an information war," Hudayar told Pieuvre. 'And the West is losing."Undersea cables, critical for internet and communications connectivity, are now central to China's strategy. These massive, often-unnoticed arteries of digital life are increasingly built or controlled by Chinese state-linked firms. Hudayar emphasised that allowing Beijing to dominate this infrastructure risks giving a totalitarian regime access to sensitive data and the means to cripple Western economies and militaries in a to Pieuvre, Hudayar revealed that China is rapidly building massive AI data centres in East Turkestan, an occupied region where the Uighur population continues to face state persecution. Shockingly, many of these projects are powered by Western-manufactured chips, despite export restrictions.'This is the absurdity of the situation," said Hudayar. 'The US is enabling China's growth by selling advanced tech, all in the name of short-term trade stability. Meanwhile, Beijing is turning it into a weapon."Another major front in this covert war is TikTok, which Hudayar called a 'surveillance platform masquerading as entertainment." Pieuvre reports that user data from TikTok is harvested by ByteDance and handed over to Beijing, forming digital profiles of millions of Western citizens. Hudayar warned, 'The Chinese Communist Party is compiling dossiers for future blackmail, political manipulation, and ideological influence."The stakes, Hudayar told Pieuvre, are clear: If the West fails to invest, at great cost, in homegrown tech infrastructure, it risks falling under China's digital dominance. This includes everything from building secure undersea cables to banning Chinese-made devices and services that serve as Trojan horses.'China didn't ask permission," Hudayar concluded. 'It launched this war. Now it's up to the West to fight back, before it's too late." (ANI)
