Speaker 1: Hey, hackers and policy wonks, ting here with your lightning
Speaker 1: round edition of Beijing bites slicing through the static to
Speaker 1: bring you the pulse of the US China tech clash
Speaker 1: as of May twenty twenty five. This past fortnight nothing
Speaker 1: short of a cyber thriller, with tariffs, targeted bands, and
Speaker 1: digital saber rattling from both camps. Let's start with the cyberfront,
Speaker 1: because what's a tech war without some old fashioned hacking drama.
Speaker 1: Unnamed but confirmed by several infosec firms, A rash of
Speaker 1: cyber incidents spotlighted vulnerabilities in both nations supply chains. There
Speaker 1: were whispers about a suspected Chinese apt group targeting US
Speaker 1: cloud infrastructure, prompting urgent White House directives and some messy
Speaker 1: patching marathons in Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, Beijing accused US actors
Speaker 1: of new espionage campaigns, exploiting Chinese telecom firms, Q denials
Speaker 1: on both sides, and a PR blitz as usual. The
Speaker 1: result an even sharper focus on cyber sovereignty and the
Speaker 1: impair arrative for indigenous tech solutions. Speaking of imperatives, the
Speaker 1: policy trenches have been busy in Washington. President Trump Yes,
Speaker 1: Trump two point zero flipped the switch on a pile
Speaker 1: of tariffs with made second marking the imposition of duties
Speaker 1: on even small value packages from China and Hong Kong
Speaker 1: the message no widget too small for the trade wall.
Speaker 1: Trump threatened an extra fifty percent tariff if Beijing doesn't
Speaker 1: roll back its recent thirty four percent retaliation tariff, possibly
Speaker 1: pushing total duties to a staggering one hundred and four percent.
Speaker 1: China's Ministry of Commerce called it a mistake on top
Speaker 1: of a mistake, vowing countermeasures and warning of protracted economic
Speaker 1: trench warfare. Still, the door to dialogue cracked open, with
Speaker 1: Beijing publicly urging proper talks, though nobody's holding their breath.
Speaker 1: On the restriction front, the Biden era tech controls keep
Speaker 1: expanding like a blocklist gone wild. Over one hundred Chinese
Speaker 1: entities were slapped with new US trade restrictions. Think anything
Speaker 1: from advanced chips to ASML and Tokyo Electron's latest kit.
Speaker 1: The ripple effects. Chinese AI startups are finding it even
Speaker 1: harder to get their hands on the high performance semiconductors
Speaker 1: that power large language models and smart infrastructure and Japan
Speaker 1: and South Korea suddenly look less like bystanders and more
Speaker 1: like hostages. In this silicon standoff, industry is already feeling
Speaker 1: the squeeze. Chinese firms are accelerating self reliance efforts, while
Speaker 1: US and Asian suppliers are wargaming new supply chain strategies.
Speaker 1: Experts from the China Future Tech Webinar predict near term
Speaker 1: pain but long term adaptation, a scramble for alternative suppliers,
Speaker 1: double downs on R and D, and yes, even more
Speaker 1: government handholding for tech champions on both sides. The upshot
Speaker 1: the US China tech war is less a cold conflict
Speaker 1: and more a rolling digital earthquake, rattling not just Beijing
Speaker 1: and Washington, but shaking out global supply chains, boardrooms, and
Speaker 1: innvation timelines from Soul to San Francisco. My forecast expect
Speaker 1: sharper cyber skirmishes, harder lines on tech transfer, and a
Speaker 1: steady march toward decoupled and supercharged innovation ecosystems, with both
Speaker 1: sides digging in for the long haul. The only certainty
Speaker 1: in this contest is that the stakes and the tech
Speaker 1: will keep getting higher. That's your bite. Stay wired. Thanks
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