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<v Speaker 1>Listeners, this is tang on Beijing bites and wow, what

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<v Speaker 1>are two weeks? The US China tech war has been

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<v Speaker 1>everything but boring. Think sanctions, flip flops, hackers doing somersaults

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<v Speaker 1>through telecom hardware, and backroom deals worthy of a cyberpunk drama.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk hackiness first, because no tech war update is

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<v Speaker 1>complete without some state sponsored shenanigans. The Chinese group, best

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<v Speaker 1>known as Salt Typhoon, has gone full throttle targeting edge

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<v Speaker 1>devices at major telecoms like Comcast, South Africa's MTN Group

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<v Speaker 1>and South Korea's LGU plus since February. Their specialty slipping

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<v Speaker 1>into routers and switches on the edge, then using that

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<v Speaker 1>foothold to try and worm into the core systems. Security

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<v Speaker 1>researchers that recorded future say these attacks are usually about

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<v Speaker 1>cyber espionage, sniffing around for sensitive information or communications networks,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes even chasing juicy political targets. US officials have called

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<v Speaker 1>pulled out Salt Typhoon before, especially for their twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four campaign targeting then pres mail candidate Donald Trump's communications.

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<v Speaker 1>As always, attribution is a diplomatic minefield. China's embassy spox,

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<v Speaker 1>loupeng Yu basically threw down the prove it card and

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<v Speaker 1>called for responsible characterization of hacks. Not to be outdone,

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<v Speaker 1>multiple China aligned groups like unk Fist Bump and Unk

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<v Speaker 1>Sparky Carp fantastic names by the way, dialed up attacks

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<v Speaker 1>on Taiwan's heavyweight chip makers and industry analysts in what

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<v Speaker 1>proof Point analysts call an ongoing espionage blitz. Their endgame

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<v Speaker 1>probably stealing semiconductor secrets as China hustles to beef up

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<v Speaker 1>domestic chip self sufficiency, especially with all those US export

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<v Speaker 1>controls in the mix. Speaking of export controls, buckle up

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<v Speaker 1>for policy whiplash. Just months ago, the Trump team had

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<v Speaker 1>the US in China in a tariff dog fight think

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and forty five percent slams on almost everything.

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<v Speaker 1>China hit back with crazy counter tariffs. Then both sides

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<v Speaker 1>cooled it after intense Geneva and London negotiations and miracles

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<v Speaker 1>of miracles real de escalation. China's Ministry of Commerce soft

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<v Speaker 1>pedaled their rhetoric, and Trump's crew eased up on some

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<v Speaker 1>of the most precious tech exports, notably letting Nvidia resume

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<v Speaker 1>shipping those long coveted H twenty AI chips to China.

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<v Speaker 1>Even DA Software got a green light, meaning Chinese chip

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<v Speaker 1>designers like SMIC have finally scrounged some essential tools back. Why,

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<v Speaker 1>rumor has it, Trump is eyeing a grand tech bargain

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<v Speaker 1>using chips as leverage for things like rare earth, mineral

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<v Speaker 1>access and FETANL cooperation. But don't mistake this for a

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<v Speaker 1>full love fest. Trump and US hawks still want home

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<v Speaker 1>field advantage on global AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, China's regulators are

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<v Speaker 1>doubly down on AI content labeling and rolling out digital

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<v Speaker 1>IDs that put them squarely in the driver's seat for

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<v Speaker 1>data oversight, a move that's both about party control and

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<v Speaker 1>spooking foreign investors. Any switch back in trade or policy

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<v Speaker 1>could send ripples through both countries tech sectors, with companies

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<v Speaker 1>like Nvidia AMD and their investors watching closely. The real

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<v Speaker 1>wild card China's homegrown AI breakouts like Deepseek, which have

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<v Speaker 1>US tech giants sweating bullets over cheap yet powerful, open

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<v Speaker 1>source models. Where does it go next? Experts say keep

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes peeled for more tit for tat negotiations. Think

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<v Speaker 1>grand gestures at summits, surprise rule changes for rare earths,

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<v Speaker 1>and oh yes, waves of cyber probing beneath the surface.

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<v Speaker 1>If economic stability keeps winning out, we might actually see

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<v Speaker 1>a tech de tent, But nobody's putting away the ransomware

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<v Speaker 1>just yet. Thanks as always for tuning into Beijing. Bites hit.

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