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<v Speaker 1>This is Beijing bites with ting your exclusive bite sized

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<v Speaker 1>download on the US China Tech showdown. Forget popcorn, grab

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<v Speaker 1>your VPN. The past couple of weeks have been turbocharged

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<v Speaker 1>with tariffs, tech titans, and cyber intrigue. Let's cut to

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<v Speaker 1>the chase. Headlines still sizzle thanks to President Trump's tariff tornado.

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<v Speaker 1>Since May second, small value packages from the Chinese mainland

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<v Speaker 1>in Hong Kong are feeling the heat, with duties slapping

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<v Speaker 1>both e commerce upstarts and big shipments alike. When Beijing

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<v Speaker 1>cranked up its own tariffs, Trump countered threatening a whopping

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and four percent duty on Chinese goods. China's

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<v Speaker 1>Ministry of Commerce fired back, branding it a mistake on

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<v Speaker 1>top of a mistake, with threats to fight to the end,

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<v Speaker 1>but also curiously calling for equal dialogue. If you're hoping

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<v Speaker 1>for detant, don't hold your breath. This rhetoric is anything

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<v Speaker 1>but chill. Meanwhile, microchips remain the hottest battleground as of

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<v Speaker 1>this month. The US is doubling down on export control rolls,

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<v Speaker 1>with over one hundred and forty Chinese firms now blacklisted.

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<v Speaker 1>This means less access to US innovation for China, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in semiconductors, AI, green energy, and robotics. Trump's vision reshore

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<v Speaker 1>chip manufacturing, supercharge American AI and squeeze China's tech aspirations.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a game of silicon chess, and right now the

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<v Speaker 1>US still holds the queen. American companies design nearly half

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<v Speaker 1>of all global chips, while China hovers near seven percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Xi Jinping's dream of a tech powered China needs those

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<v Speaker 1>chips and the machines that make them, but the recipe

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<v Speaker 1>is still mostly US made. Beijing isn't sulking. Instead, She's

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<v Speaker 1>crew is investing billions in homegrown semiconductor production and energy tech.

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<v Speaker 1>They're also rolling out yuan based trade deals with Russia,

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<v Speaker 1>Brazil and Ossion pals, inching away from the almighty dollar

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<v Speaker 1>in a quiet de dollarization offensive. These moves are about resilience,

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<v Speaker 1>ensuring China can weather the Washington squeeze now and still

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<v Speaker 1>made in China, twenty twenty five milestones now sprinkle in cybersecurity.

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<v Speaker 1>While there hasn't been a headline grabbing zero Day in

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<v Speaker 1>the past fortnight, both sides are playing cloak and dagger

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<v Speaker 1>in the digital shadows. The cyber espionage. Tit for tat

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<v Speaker 1>continues with reports of increased fishing and supply chain probing,

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<v Speaker 1>especially targeting next gen battery and AI research facilities. Industry

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<v Speaker 1>impact Asian markets are adapting fast. Intra Asian trade jumped

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen percent this year, signaling that companies are hedging bets

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<v Speaker 1>and shifting supply chains away from drama prone routes. This

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<v Speaker 1>may mean more smartphones designed in California, assembled in Vietnam

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<v Speaker 1>with chips made in Taiwan, but all sides know that

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<v Speaker 1>a single exploit or regulation could scramble that. Overnight expert

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<v Speaker 1>consensus the decoupling is real, but de risking is the

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<v Speaker 1>new buzzword. Both countries are racing to future proof their

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<v Speaker 1>tech stacks. Expect continued escalation, more eye popping tariffs, and

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<v Speaker 1>constant hat and mouse in cyberspace forecast. The only thing

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<v Speaker 1>certain is more uncertainty. Stay tuned. I'm ting keeping tabs,

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