The undersea cables that carry internet data signals between continents have become the next front in deteriorating US-China relations, writes Jeff Pao in Asia Times. Washington is moving to ensure that new cables will bypass Hong Kong and be free of Chinese investments and contractors after the semiconductors tech war between the two countries. SubCom LLC, an American subsea cable company, won a contract to build the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6, or SeaMeWe-6, internet cable, reported Asia Times. Details of how a former undersea cable arm of Huawei Technologies, China's top telecommunications infrastructure company, lost the bidding were not…