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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, listners. This is ting with Beijing bites you'll

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<v Speaker 1>go to for all things cyber code and clever. In

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<v Speaker 1>the ongoing US China tech war, settle in because the

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<v Speaker 1>past two weeks have been straight out of a John

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<v Speaker 1>Lacarey novel with a dash of Silicon Valley swagger, let's

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<v Speaker 1>launch right into the big headline. The Trump administration made

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<v Speaker 1>waves by lifting the ban on Nvidia's H twenty chip

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<v Speaker 1>exports to China. Yes, you heard me, The same chips

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<v Speaker 1>designed to skate just under US export restrictions are now

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<v Speaker 1>fair game for Chinese companies. National Economic advisor Kevin Hassett

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<v Speaker 1>says the move is partly to stem a black market

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<v Speaker 1>bonanza for high powered chips, but also US chip makers

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<v Speaker 1>argue to keep their Chinese customers hooked on American tech.

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<v Speaker 1>The goal outpaced China through relentless reinvestment in R and

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<v Speaker 1>D while dragging out China's drive for chip self sufficiency

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<v Speaker 1>risk key business. This isn't a full on tech datante,

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<v Speaker 1>though the AI Export Action Plan promises to patch any

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<v Speaker 1>holes in current restrictions, especially on the high end tools

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<v Speaker 1>that China needs to build its own semiconductors. Basically, Washington

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<v Speaker 1>is handing out swimming lessons but keeping the deep end

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<v Speaker 1>roped off. Of course, Beijing wasted no time firing back.

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<v Speaker 1>Days after the export door creaked open, China cyberspace administration

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<v Speaker 1>holed in Nvidia execs in for a grilling, demanding answers

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<v Speaker 1>about alleged backdoor features in those H two to one chips.

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese regulators site concerns that these chips could be tracked

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<v Speaker 1>or even shut down remotely, a plot twist straight out

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<v Speaker 1>of a cyber thriller. They invoked their own cybersecurity and

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<v Speaker 1>data laws, warning that foreign tech will get intense scrutiny

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<v Speaker 1>moving forward. In Nvidia flat out denied the existence of

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<v Speaker 1>any backdoors. But in this trustful exercise, nobody's exactly feeling

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<v Speaker 1>warm and fun. On the cyber battlefront. Both countries have

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<v Speaker 1>been lobbing accusations like digital grenades. Microsoft just revealed that

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<v Speaker 1>hacking groups tied to national with cool names like Salt

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<v Speaker 1>Typhoon breached a U. S. Army National Guard network for

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<v Speaker 1>ten months, barely missing a cyber season finale by going

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<v Speaker 1>un detected for nearly a year. China meanwhile accused the

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<v Speaker 1>US of exploiting Microsoft exchange floors to hack Chinese defense contractors,

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<v Speaker 1>effectively hosting the cyber Blaine flag right back. This tip

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<v Speaker 1>for TAT experts say erodes already fragile global corporation against

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<v Speaker 1>cybercrime and pushes both nations to double down on digital

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<v Speaker 1>defense industry ripple effects. American cloud giants are pulling up stakes.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Web Services shuttered its Shanghai AI lab, admitting that

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<v Speaker 1>rising US China tentions have made cross border research too risky.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet Chinese firms like Huawei and AI champions deep Seek

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<v Speaker 1>are pushing ahead, riding government support and growing their domestic

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<v Speaker 1>AI market. According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>companies could grab a fifty five percent domestic AI market

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<v Speaker 1>share by twenty twenty seven, no small feat given the headwinds.

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<v Speaker 1>Security experts are warning that the stakes go far beyond

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<v Speaker 1>stolen emails or slow internet. The Street highlighted that suspicious

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<v Speaker 1>code has been found in Chinese made tech deployed in

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<v Speaker 1>critical US infrastructure think power grids and pipelines. One form

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<v Speaker 1>at Tech CEO said this is the trojan horse moment

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<v Speaker 1>America should be sweating, but with the U s still

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<v Speaker 1>heavily dependent on Chinese hardware unplugging isn't so simple, So

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<v Speaker 1>what's the future forecast? Expect this digital slog to intensify.

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<v Speaker 1>The US will close remaining loopholes, but likely keep the

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<v Speaker 1>text use flowing, hoping to buy time and maybe influence.

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<v Speaker 1>China will accelerate domestic innovation and keep up the pressure

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<v Speaker 1>for tech self reliance and for cyber sleuths like us.

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<v Speaker 1>This means more intrigue, more alliances, and more late night patching.

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