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<v Speaker 1>Listeners, ting here your bite size portal into all things China,

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<v Speaker 1>cyber Shenanigans, and the digital duels shaping our world. No

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<v Speaker 1>time to warm up. Major sparks have fown in the

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<v Speaker 1>US China tech war the past two weeks, so buckle up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start hot with the breaking Microsoft SharePoint cyber drama.

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<v Speaker 1>According to both CBS News and Microsoft, state backed Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>threat groups line In Typhoon and Violet Typhoon breached several

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<v Speaker 1>US government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and

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<v Speaker 1>the National Institutes of Health by exploiting an unpatched share

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<v Speaker 1>Point vulnerability. Microsoft says these attackers even managed to deploy

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<v Speaker 1>ransomware before the patch landed. The cyber fireworks triggered multi

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<v Speaker 1>agency responses. CAEESIA was patching and locking everything down around

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<v Speaker 1>the clock. Microsoft, caught with its pants down, issued urgent

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<v Speaker 1>security updates, while the White House gained out worst case scenarios.

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<v Speaker 1>No evidence so far of stolen data from Homeland Security,

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<v Speaker 1>but NIH and Defense Intelligence had several hours of share

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<v Speaker 1>Point blackout. Never a good look. Meanwhile, Microsoft found itself

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<v Speaker 1>in yet another d C dog house after a pro

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<v Speaker 1>publica expose. The tech giant scrambled to end its long

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<v Speaker 1>running practice of using China based engineers for U S

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<v Speaker 1>government cloud systems, even for the Pettagon. The Defense Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>called this an unacceptable risk, and now Microsoft sweeping the

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<v Speaker 1>decks industry wide. The company is reviewing whether it needs

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<v Speaker 1>even tighter controls because apparently digital escorts for foreign engineers

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<v Speaker 1>weren't cutting it. This is amplifying the debate. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>really safeguard American government data if it's being serviced from Hangjo?

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<v Speaker 1>The policy blowback looks set to ripple into future contracts

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<v Speaker 1>and cloud trust. Now let's talk hardware, because what's hotter

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<v Speaker 1>than AI chip smuggling. Despite the Biden Trump pivot in

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<v Speaker 1>export controls, in Nvidia H one hundred, H two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and yes, the turbocharged B two hundred chips worth over

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<v Speaker 1>one billion dollars was smuggled into China since April, reports

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<v Speaker 1>from Reuter's and tech Crunch reveal these chips, blacklisted by Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>miraculously appeared in Shanghai and Shenzen data centers via indirect

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<v Speaker 1>supply chains, mostly through Southeast Asia's Swiss Cheese enforcement. Nvidia

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<v Speaker 1>disavows these sales, warning buyers about technical headaches and zero warranty,

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<v Speaker 1>But the damage is done. Chips banned one day, show

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<v Speaker 1>up on talboo the next, igniting a regulatory panic. In

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<v Speaker 1>response to this enforcement fail, the US is now expected

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<v Speaker 1>to tighten export rules again this fall, possibly even pressuring

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<v Speaker 1>allies like Thailand and Malaysia to clamp down on re

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<v Speaker 1>rooted shipments. The Nvidia H twenty chip ban was even

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<v Speaker 1>briefly reversed to allow legal exports, especially after Trump's trade

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<v Speaker 1>talks with Sheijinping hinted export controls could be used as

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<v Speaker 1>bargaining chips in broader negotiations. Still, the B two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>band sticks and tech supply chains stay in limbo. US

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<v Speaker 1>firms and trading partners are now caught in a fog

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<v Speaker 1>of policy reversals, with chip sales fluctuating based on the

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<v Speaker 1>latest summit handshake or Twitter jab But don't think Beijing's

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<v Speaker 1>just a bystander. The Cyberspace Administration of China rolled out

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<v Speaker 1>new draft amendments to the cyber security law, upping the

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<v Speaker 1>penalties for breaches to nearly seven million dollars, aligning with

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<v Speaker 1>their newer data protection rules. The message from China keep

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<v Speaker 1>your compliance sharp or get ready to bleed RMB. This

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<v Speaker 1>plays hand in game love with moves restricting the export

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<v Speaker 1>of battery TEIs and mineral know how. China is fencing

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<v Speaker 1>off its crown jewels like cathode and lithium patents, squeezing

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<v Speaker 1>foreign ev and green tech makers. Of course, US policy

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<v Speaker 1>didn't stay still. Just this week, President Trump made a

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<v Speaker 1>splash with his AID regulation plan executive orders to turbocharge

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<v Speaker 1>American AI with deregulation, simplify data center permits, and demand

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<v Speaker 1>a single federal standard for AI model governance. This is

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<v Speaker 1>marketed as a culture war, fighting innovation driving package meant

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<v Speaker 1>to outpace China by unleashing private sector might and keeping

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<v Speaker 1>progressive policies at the margins. David Sachs, the new White

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<v Speaker 1>House point man on AI, vows this will make America

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<v Speaker 1>the AI export powerhouse. Whether this blitz will spark another

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<v Speaker 1>wave in the tech arms race or just whiplash for

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<v Speaker 1>developers is hotly de Here's the real takeaway. The US

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<v Speaker 1>China tech war is now a digital cold war, where

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<v Speaker 1>AI chips and cyber security define national power. Smuggled hardware,

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<v Speaker 1>cyber sabotage, policy, whiplash, and trade blackmail are the new normal.

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<v Speaker 1>Expect the fall to bring even tougher enforcement, more supply

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<v Speaker 1>chain intrigue, and both sides corralling more allies think the US, Japan, Taiwan,

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<v Speaker 1>Korea Chip four versus China's growing digital silk road. That's

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