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<v Speaker 1>Hello, listeners, ting here your bite sized guide to the

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<v Speaker 1>pulse of the U. S. China tech war, cyber skirmishes,

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<v Speaker 1>and every bite in between. Buckle up, because these past

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks have turned the rivalry into a full on

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<v Speaker 1>cyber thriller, with all the drama of a Jiangimo epic

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<v Speaker 1>and the complexity of a quantum chip. Let's start with

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<v Speaker 1>the juiciest plot twist cyber warfare. Williams and Connolly, the

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<v Speaker 1>legendary Washington law firm representing folks like Bill Clinton, found

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<v Speaker 1>themselves at the center of a Chinese state sponsored hacker

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<v Speaker 1>campaign CrowdStrike, and Mandian swooped in after a zero day

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<v Speaker 1>exploit cracked some attorney emails. The FBI's Washington Field office

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<v Speaker 1>leads a sprawling investigation as nearly a dozen other law

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<v Speaker 1>firms and tech giants appear court in similar webs. The motive,

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<v Speaker 1>according to sources briefed on the probe and Mandian's September report,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't financial ransom, but laser focused espionage. China is after

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive US national security intel and international trade secrets. Corporate

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<v Speaker 1>America's Panic room just got a whole lot busier as

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<v Speaker 1>government defenses sputter thanks to the US federal shutdown that

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<v Speaker 1>began October first, groups like the Crimson Collective tuned their

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<v Speaker 1>attacks to moments of maximum vulnerability. Their breach of red

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<v Speaker 1>Hat's consulting division hit eight hundred organizations, including defense contractors,

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<v Speaker 1>NASA's JPL, and even the House of Representatives. Timing wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just unfortunate, it was tactical exploiting. Hollowed out cyber defenses.

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<v Speaker 1>As CEESA ran on a skeleton crew, the world watched

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<v Speaker 1>as American response in reporting channels lagged, offering adversaries a

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<v Speaker 1>golden cyber window. Meanwhile, the export controls slugfest escalated. President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's administration broadened restrictions to hit not just chip makers

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<v Speaker 1>like Huawei, YMTC and Dji, but their subsidiaries too. Think

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<v Speaker 1>whack a mole, but every mole is a billion dollar

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<v Speaker 1>tech firm. These rules effective immediately forced redesigns from companies

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<v Speaker 1>like Nvidia and cut off whole fleets of Chinese supply chains.

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<v Speaker 1>Just as the dust from the Nvidia H twenty chip

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<v Speaker 1>sales controversy settled with Trump demanding a massive cut, Beijing

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<v Speaker 1>shot back, choking off rare earth mineral exports critical for

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<v Speaker 1>military and five G Tech, but in June both sides

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<v Speaker 1>dialed back tariffs and lifted bands a truce or just

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<v Speaker 1>a tactical retreat. Across the Pacific, the launch of broader

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<v Speaker 1>US bands on chip making equipment crawled into the headlines

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<v Speaker 1>after a report revealed Chinese firms bought thirty eight dollars

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<v Speaker 1>billion in gear last year from chip tawol giants like

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<v Speaker 1>ASML and Tokyo Electron thirty nine percent of their sales.

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<v Speaker 1>Lawmakers screened for tighter controls and more international coordination as

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<v Speaker 1>loopholes allowed non US firms to keep selling advanced tools

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<v Speaker 1>to Chinese manufacturers. A House panel flat out accused the

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<v Speaker 1>tool makers of undermining American national security and fueling China's

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<v Speaker 1>AI ambitions. China isn't just sitting on its chips, It's

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<v Speaker 1>doubling down. Made in China twenty twenty five keeps powering ahead,

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<v Speaker 1>flugging patents, dominating evs and shipbuilding, and betting hard on

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<v Speaker 1>AI governance and data standards. Beijing's support for domestic chip

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<v Speaker 1>innovation is rising, and strategic stockpiles of minerals from Mongolia

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<v Speaker 1>to Sichuan are now serving both factories and diplomats, market reactions,

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<v Speaker 1>Hong Kong Tex stocks sagged, Asian allies feel the squeeze,

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<v Speaker 1>and the entire semiconductor sector braces for more supply chain

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<v Speaker 1>shakeups and price spikes. This rivalry isn't settling down, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It's evolving, and the next summit between Trump and Shijinping

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<v Speaker 1>could bring more fireworks or just another chess move. Expert

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<v Speaker 1>analysis says the battle is now about system level leverage

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<v Speaker 1>as much as technology controls slow China's progress, but also

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<v Speaker 1>force the US to reckon with dependencies and to ask

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<v Speaker 1>how far it's willing to push before allies get caught

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<v Speaker 1>in the crossfire. The forecast more scrutiny, more creative circumvention,

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<v Speaker 1>and sorry not sorry, the hacking will keep escalating. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for tuning in to Beijing Bites your daily decoding of

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<v Speaker 1>the escalating US China tech war. Don't forget to subscribe

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