Vulnerability of Submarine Cable Network of Mainland China: Comparison of Vulnerability between before and after Construction of Trans-Arctic Cable System

Table 8

Changes in the eigenvalues when sea lanes are interrupted.

Era	No.	Sea lanes	D		ΔN	C		E		Average rate of change	Rank
			Value	Rate	Rate	Value	Rate	Value	Rate
T1	1	Taiwan Strait	8.895	0.006	0.000	0.730	−0.001	0.240	0.006	0.003	7
	2	Strait of Malacca	4.158	0.535	0.632	0.836	−0.147	0.112	0.535	0.389	1
	3	Bab-el-Mandeb	7.053	0.212	0.316	0.743	−0.019	0.191	0.212	0.180	2
	4	The Suez Canal	7.842	0.124	0.263	0.720	0.012	0.212	0.124	0.131	3
	5	Strait of Gibraltar	8.579	0.041	0.105	0.708	0.029	0.232	0.041	0.054	4
	6	Strait of Hormuz	8.421	0.059	0.026	0.697	0.044	0.228	0.059	0.047	5
	7	The Pacific	8.737	0.023	0.026	0.711	0.025	0.236	0.024	0.025	6
	—	Normal	8.947	—	—	0.729	—	0.242	—	—	—
T2	1	Taiwan Strait	8.381	0.038	0.048	0.694	0.045	0.204	0.038	0.034	6
	2	Strait of Malacca	4.333	0.503	0.500	0.768	−0.056	0.106	0.503	0.290	1
	3	Bab-el-Mandeb	6.952	0.202	0.286	0.795	−0.094	0.170	0.202	0.119	2
	4	The Suez Canal	7.667	0.120	0.214	0.773	−0.063	0.187	0.120	0.078	3
	5	Strait of Gibraltar	8.190	0.060	0.095	0.776	−0.067	0.200	0.060	0.030	7
	6	Strait of Hormuz	7.952	0.087	0.071	0.685	0.058	0.194	0.087	0.061	4
	7	The Pacific	8.524	0.022	0.024	0.689	0.052	0.208	0.022	0.024	8
	8	Bering Strait	8.095	0.071	0.095	0.729	−0.003	0.197	0.071	0.047	5
	—	Normal	8.714	—	—	0.727	—	0.213	—	—	—