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<v Speaker 1>Ting here with your fresh Beijing bites, US China tech

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<v Speaker 1>war updates and friends. If you thought summer was hot,

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't seen what's sizzling between Washington and Beijing. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk cyber fireworks first. This past week, Chinese hacker

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<v Speaker 1>groups like line in Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, flagged by

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft's Threat Research, managed to breach the US National Nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>Security Administration. YEP, they got into the agency that keeps

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<v Speaker 1>watch on America's nuclear arsenal. The vehicle of choice a

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<v Speaker 1>freshly exploited vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. While officials from the

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<v Speaker 1>Department of Energy assure everyone that the impact was minimal

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<v Speaker 1>and no classified information leaked, hundreds of organizations worldwide were hit.

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<v Speaker 1>This underscores a relentless, high stakes duel, the US fortifying

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<v Speaker 1>its cyber defenses while Chinese thread actors continuously scout for

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<v Speaker 1>new doors to pry open. It's the cyber secure the

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<v Speaker 1>equivalent of two tigers fighting on a mountain, except the

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<v Speaker 1>mountain is full of zero days and the tigers are sleepless.

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<v Speaker 1>The Independent now onto the silicon front lines. The US

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<v Speaker 1>just rolled out even tighter export controls targeting AI chips

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<v Speaker 1>in Nvidia must now get special licenses to supply even

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<v Speaker 1>their China focused H twenty models. This comes hot on

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<v Speaker 1>the heels of President Donald Trump's Deregulation First AI Action Plan,

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<v Speaker 1>which is designed to cement US dominance in AI and

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<v Speaker 1>accelerate tech exports to allies. Meanwhile, China isn't just sitting

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<v Speaker 1>on its hands. Premier Lee Jiang, at Shanghai's World Artificial

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<v Speaker 1>Intelligence Conference, unveiled the proposal for a Global AI Corporation

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<v Speaker 1>organization think UN for AI, except headquartered in Shanghai and

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<v Speaker 1>pointedly inclusive of the global South, to counter what they

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<v Speaker 1>call the exclusive game of US chip monopoly. Nvidia CEO

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<v Speaker 1>Jensen Huang, who's practically on a first name basis with

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<v Speaker 1>Beijing Airport staff at this point, even called China's domestic

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<v Speaker 1>AI chip advances formidable. The AI tech stacks are fragmenting

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<v Speaker 1>folks into two rival blocks, each with their own standards, partners,

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<v Speaker 1>and rules, from joint research to regulatory philosophies. WIC the

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<v Speaker 1>Asia Group ts two. Policy wise, both economies are dancing delicately.

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<v Speaker 1>Trade officials from Beijing in Washington are expected to extend

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<v Speaker 1>their tariff pause another ninety days at Talks and Stockholm.

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<v Speaker 1>This means for now the tariff status quo holds, but

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<v Speaker 1>behind the scenes, the sticking points remain. The US is

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<v Speaker 1>fixated on China's overcapacity and hunger for semiconductor know how,

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<v Speaker 1>while China wants to loosen the chokehold the US is

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<v Speaker 1>put on its high tech sectors. A recalibration is beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>with Chinese state planners calling for more balanced regional industrial

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<v Speaker 1>policy so every province doesn't chase the same tech unicorn

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<v Speaker 1>acmp AP World Bank. The strategic implication, we're watching the

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<v Speaker 1>steady formation of two parallel tech universes, one US LAD,

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<v Speaker 1>one China LAD, each racing to win the AI era

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<v Speaker 1>and shape how the world is wired and governed. Experts

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<v Speaker 1>like George Chen of the Asia Groups say we're heading

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<v Speaker 1>for a global alignment where allies in Belton road countries

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<v Speaker 1>pick sides or at least hedge their bets. My take,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're in tech security or geopolitics, buckle your seat belt.

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<v Speaker 1>Both nations are tossing around offers of open source AI

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<v Speaker 1>and pragmatic cooperation on the surface, but under the hood,

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<v Speaker 1>every move is about control of supply chains, information and

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<v Speaker 1>digital sovereignty. That's the bite sized drama for this week.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for tuning in, don't forget to subscribe for all

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