No clue what is behind this exclusion... this is the first I'm hearing about this and several links already exist / work. (List: https://www.ofca.gov.hk/en/industry_...tml#p3?noembed)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN21Q2TPGoogle agreed to operate a portion of the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network System between the United States and Taiwan, but not Hong Kong. Google and Facebook Inc (FB.O) helped pay for construction of the now completed telecommunications link but U.S. regulators have blocked its use.
The Justice Department earlier told the FCC in a petition it supported Google’s revised request. The agency said U.S. agencies believe “there is a significant risk that the grant of a direct cable connection between the United States and Hong Kong would seriously jeopardize the national security and law enforcement interests of the United States.â€