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- proper noun A
strait betweenTaiwan andLuzon , connecting theSouth China Sea with thePhilippine Sea .
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Examples
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Simultaneous cuts in the Luzon Strait or the Suez Canal-Red Sea-Mandab Strait chokepoints -- again largely the result of the political unwillingness of the countries on the Arabian Peninsula to cooperate with regard to overland cables through their territories -- could cut Hong Kong off from New York or London, as terrestrial routes would have insufficient capacity to carry the undersea cable load.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The Hengchun earthquake in 2006 severed the Luzon Strait cables, which, according to Chinese newspapers, "catastrophically affected financial transactions, particularly in the foreign exchange market."
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The Hengchun earthquake in 2006 severed the Luzon Strait cables, which, according to Chinese newspapers, "catastrophically affected financial transactions, particularly in the foreign exchange market."
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The Hengchun earthquake in 2006 severed the Luzon Strait cables, which, according to Chinese newspapers, "catastrophically affected financial transactions, particularly in the foreign exchange market."
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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Simultaneous cuts in the Luzon Strait or the Suez Canal-Red Sea-Mandab Strait chokepoints -- again largely the result of the political unwillingness of the countries on the Arabian Peninsula to cooperate with regard to overland cables through their territories -- could cut Hong Kong off from New York or London, as terrestrial routes would have insufficient capacity to carry the undersea cable load.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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Simultaneous cuts in the Luzon Strait or the Suez Canal-Red Sea-Mandab Strait chokepoints -- again largely the result of the political unwillingness of the countries on the Arabian Peninsula to cooperate with regard to overland cables through their territories -- could cut Hong Kong off from New York or London, as terrestrial routes would have insufficient capacity to carry the undersea cable load.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The first is in the Luzon Strait, the second in the Suez Canal-Red Sea-Mandab Strait passage, and the third is in the Strait of Malacca.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The reason why cables go through the Luzon Strait rather than taking an alternative route through the Taiwan Strait to avoid this single point of failure is because of the ongoing political tensions between Taiwan and China.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The reason why cables go through the Luzon Strait rather than taking an alternative route through the Taiwan Strait to avoid this single point of failure is because of the ongoing political tensions between Taiwan and China.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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The first is in the Luzon Strait, the second in the Suez Canal-Red Sea-Mandab Strait passage, and the third is in the Strait of Malacca.
Franz-Stefan Gady: Undersea Cables: The Achilles Heel of our Economies Franz-Stefan Gady 2010
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