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<v Speaker 1>Hey, listeners, ting here with Beijing bites. You're always on

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<v Speaker 1>radar for the latest in the US China tech war,

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<v Speaker 1>and believe me if you thought things were calling off.

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<v Speaker 1>The past two weeks have seen more plot twists than

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<v Speaker 1>a Black Mirror episode. Let's get straight to the juiciest bite.

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<v Speaker 1>On September eleventh, China's legendary Great Firewall suffered its largest

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<v Speaker 1>leak ever. Over five hundred gigabytes of internal documents, code,

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<v Speaker 1>and logs dropped onto the Internet courtesy of what folks

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<v Speaker 1>at the GFW Report are calling a cybersecurity mess of

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<v Speaker 1>historic proportions. We're talking trade secrets on blocking websites, screenshots

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<v Speaker 1>of real time monitoring, and a smoking gun showing GEG

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<v Speaker 1>network's brainchild of fang Binging, China's so called father of

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<v Speaker 1>the Firewar, has pedaled censorship tools worldwide, from Minmar to Kazakhstan.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks to Wired's deep dive, we now know European companies

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<v Speaker 1>even helped Gegs sell these digital defences abroad. The global

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<v Speaker 1>impact activists might soon have a leg up on evading censorship,

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<v Speaker 1>but cyber criminals are drooling over this code for new exploits. Internally,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a blow to the infallible image of Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>cyber defenses, and you can bet the Pollit Bureau is fuming.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you thought the motherboard melting drama was limited

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<v Speaker 1>to the cyber realm, buckle up for the latest round

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<v Speaker 1>of chip wars. Just yesterday, Chinese Ministry of Commerce rolled

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<v Speaker 1>out two high profile investigations, one accusing the US of

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<v Speaker 1>unfairly targeting Chinese semiconductor firms the kind of policy spat

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<v Speaker 1>that's been brewing since the Trump administration, and another probing

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<v Speaker 1>US analog chip dumping after imports spiked thirty seven percent

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty twenty two, while price is nose diived by

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two percent. Texas Instruments analog devices, Oh Semiconductor watch

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<v Speaker 1>a market share because domestic Chinese players like cyllidy G

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<v Speaker 1>and SG Micro are ready to eat your lunch. This

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<v Speaker 1>all hit the news right before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant

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<v Speaker 1>landed in Madrid for crunch trade talks with Vice Premier

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<v Speaker 1>Hi Leifang. Timing, as they say in cryptography, is everything

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<v Speaker 1>On the U S side. Retaliation came fast. Just as

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<v Speaker 1>the anti dumping probe hit headlines. The US Commerce Department

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<v Speaker 1>added another twenty three Chinese entities to the restricted trade list,

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<v Speaker 1>citing national security fares, especially around military and AI tech.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington's tightening restrictions on advanced chips and AI exports continued

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<v Speaker 1>to squeeze Chinese tech growth and the pressures hitting hard.

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<v Speaker 1>Deljia's cut jobs in China, and tech darlings like Synopsis

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<v Speaker 1>have seen their sales tumble after new rules. Meanwhile, at

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<v Speaker 1>the policy level, we've got White House AI advisor Cratsios

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<v Speaker 1>telling Congress that defending America's AI lead is now a

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<v Speaker 1>national mission, while NASA banned Chinese nationals with US visas

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<v Speaker 1>from its facilities. As the lunar space race heats up,

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<v Speaker 1>So what's coming next? Experts like those at the National

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<v Speaker 1>War College are warning that China's cyber incursions into US

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<v Speaker 1>critical infrastructure aren't just espionage. They're prepping the digital battlefield,

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<v Speaker 1>ready to flick the switch if tensions over Taiwan flare,

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<v Speaker 1>the game borders shifting from tariffs and restrictions to all

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<v Speaker 1>out tech containment and industry players and all of us

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<v Speaker 1>really are left configuring our firewalls and dusting off our

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<v Speaker 1>contingency plans. That's your flash update from Beijing Bites. Thanks

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