Speaker 1: Hey there, I'm ting and welcome to Beijing Bites, your
Speaker 1: go to source for the latest US China tech war updates.
Speaker 1: Let's dive right. In the past two weeks have been
Speaker 1: a whirlwind of cybersecurity incidents, new tech restrictions, and policy
Speaker 1: changes that are reshaping the landscape of US China technology competition.
Speaker 1: Just a few days ago, the FBI and other US
Speaker 1: federal agencies sounded the alarm on China's vult Typhoon crew,
Speaker 1: which has been conducting reconnaissance and enumeration of American electric
Speaker 1: companies since early twenty twenty three. This isn't your typical
Speaker 1: cyber espionage. Vult Typhoon is pre positioning itself to disrupt
Speaker 1: critical infrastructure and cause societal chaos. But that's not all.
Speaker 1: Another Beijing hacking unit, salt Typhoon, has broken into American
Speaker 1: telecommunications networks in what's being called the worst telecom hack
Speaker 1: in our nation's history. The attacks are ongoing, and we
Speaker 1: still don't know the full scope of what they're doing,
Speaker 1: as Jeff green, Sis, Executive Assistant director for Cybersecurity pointed
Speaker 1: out one Meanwhile, the US China chip war is heating up.
Speaker 1: The US has imposed new restrictions on semiconductor exports to China,
Speaker 1: targeting high bandwidth memory HBM sales. This move aims to
Speaker 1: keep China at least two generations behind the curve, as
Speaker 1: Chinese manufacturers have not yet mastered HBM two E. Huawei's
Speaker 1: flagship AI processors, for instance, still rely on Samsung produced
Speaker 1: HBM two E. The Chinese semiconductor industry is feeling the pinch,
Speaker 1: with imports expanding ahead of new US restrictions. China imported
Speaker 1: a total of five hundred one point four to seven
Speaker 1: billion integrated circuits from January to November, up fourteen point
Speaker 1: eight percent from the same period last year. However, experts
Speaker 1: like Paul Triolo note that China is pushing forward with
Speaker 1: its own semiconductor development, focusing on new design architectures and
Speaker 1: microsystem integration two. The strategic implications of these developments are
Speaker 1: far reaching. The US is trying to contain China's rise,
Speaker 1: but Beijing views this as a whole of government effort
Speaker 1: to suppress its national strategy. The PRC is expanding its
Speaker 1: domestic efforts to develop new capabilities and maintain independent supply chains,
Speaker 1: as outlined in the latest military and security developments involving
Speaker 1: the People's Republic of China report. As we head into
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, one thing is clear. The US China
Speaker 1: tech war is only going to intensify. Stay tuned for
Speaker 1: more updates from Beijing bites, and remember, in the world
Speaker 1: of cybersecurity, vigilance is key. That's all for now, I'm
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