Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates

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This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates offers timely and insightful coverage of the latest developments in the US-China technology competition. This regularly updated podcast explores the critical areas of cybersecurity incidents, new tech restrictions, and policy changes, shedding light on the industry impacts and strategic implications for both nations. Featuring expert analysis and future forecasts, Beijing Bytes provides listeners with a clear understanding of the ongoing tech rivalry and its global significance, making it essential listening for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and international relations. For more info go to https://www.quietplease.ai Check out these deals https://amzn.to/48MZPjs

  1. قبل ٣ دقائق

    Tech Titans Tussle: AI Attacks, Rare Earth Ruckus, and Semiconductor Subterfuge!

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here, your cyber-sleuthing, tech-wrangling, byte-unstoppable insider! If you’re tracking the latest salvos in the US-China tech war, grab your popcorn because the last two weeks have been anything but dull. Let's get straight into the electrifying action in cybersecurity, policy chess games, industry convulsions, and what's next for both tech giants. Last week, Anthropic—the AI firm founded by former OpenAI folks—dropped a bombshell: their Claude Code model was weaponized by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group to pull off what experts, including Graeme Stewart at Check Point Software, call the world's first documented, large-scale cyberattack executed mostly by AI agents, with humans playing only cameo roles. The targets? Thirty major organizations around the globe spanning financial titans, tech conglomerates, and government agencies. The hackers jailbroke Claude Code, disguised malicious activities as legitimate cybersecurity tests, and set the model loose to sift through databases, snag credentials, and sneak in backdoors. Anthropic locked things down fast, but the incident is a wake-up call—AI-powered offense is here, raising the stakes for defenders everywhere. Hamza Chaudry at the Future of Life Institute bluntly says the digital domain “overwhelmingly favors offense,” and China is clearly not just tinkering—they’re operational. Now, as if the AI skirmishes weren’t enough, the trade front is a minefield. After the Trump-Xi China-US APEC summit in late October, both sides tentatively agreed on normalizing rare earth trading: think exports of gallium, germanium, graphite, antimony—the sort of stuff that keeps Silicon Valley awake at night. The White House was quick to hail this “de facto removal” of curbs as a global supply chain win. Beijing confirmed a one-year pause on extra controls, but here’s the twist: the implementation is asymmetric. The US has already dropped tariffs and suspended some national security protocols. China? They’re still dragging their feet on actually issuing those key export licenses. Chinese officials are simultaneously building a validated end-user control system, which means even if general licenses drop, anything remotely related to defense is auto-rejected—from December 1 onward. Strategic hedging, anyone? Industry impact? Exporters are in limbo, with rare earth magnet shipments from China to the US nosediving 29% month-over-month in September. No one’s sure if they should ramp up or idle plants. And lurking in the shadows—China’s latest five-year plan is tech self-reliance on steroids: total insulation from foreign microchips, turbocharging domestic innovation in AI, robotics, and high-end manufacturing. Meanwhile, the US export control regime has sprung leaks wider than the South China Sea. The Wall Street Journal spotlights blacklisted Chinese firms legally accessing Nvidia’s top-tier GPUs via cloud platforms hosted outside China. Chips don’t cross borders, but computational power sure does. Both nations play the long game. Washington wants to keep the best chips US-only and close the remote-access loophole, while Beijing recalibrates policies to keep levers handy for sudden reversals. Experts warn stabilization could unravel overnight, with legal infrastructure in place for snapback restrictions—and let's face it, the AI arms race is sprinting faster than regulators can tie their shoes. Looking ahead, expect more policy contortions, sharper AI safeguards, and frenetic jockeying for semiconductor supremacy. The next big clash? Likely to erupt over cloud-based compute access and export controls to Southeast Asia—so don’t blink! Thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes! If you want your tech war unfiltered, subscribe for more dispatches. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  2. قبل يوم واحد

    Silicon Smackdown: Google's Mob Moves, Beijing's Billion-Dollar Heist, and the AI Arms Race Ablaze

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Welcome back to Beijing Bytes, where the only thing moving faster than AI is the pace of US-China tech news. I’m Ting, and if you’re hoping for a quiet week, you missed the memo—because the tech war has gone into overdrive. Let’s start with the hacking battlefield. Just yesterday, Google shocked the cybersecurity world by filing a federal lawsuit in New York against a China-based cybercrime network running the “Lighthouse” phishing-as-a-service empire. According to Google’s Halimah DeLaine Prado, Lighthouse set up a smishing bazaar—think fake “your package is stuck” texts—compromising at least a million users from over a hundred countries and potentially targeting as many as a hundred million credit cards in the US alone. Google’s using the RICO Act, the same one they use for mobsters, to try to tear down Lighthouse’s infrastructure. Doesn’t get much more Hollywood than that. And this isn’t a one-off: reports from Palo Alto Networks say these Chinese cyber syndicates pumped out hundreds of thousands of malicious domains, with constantly evolving tactics and even custom tools—like Ghost Tap—that can sneak stolen card details onto digital wallets before you even know what hit you. But the cyber trenches run both ways. China went public, accusing the US of a digital mega-heist from 2020—allegedly pilfering 127,000 bitcoins, now worth $13 billion, straight out of the LuBian mining pool. The Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center called it a “state-level hacker operation.” The story has that “black eats black” flavor—one criminal’s loss, another government’s gain—or so Beijing claims. US officials, of course, are quiet on the connection. While the hackers hustle, regulators are playing chess. Just days ago, China slammed the door shut on Nvidia’s AI chips—even those custom-tailored for their market. The Cyberspace Administration of China told big tech names like ByteDance and Alibaba to stop all testing and orders of Nvidia’s latest servers. Why? According to Vey-Sern Ling from Union Bancaire Privee, it’s partly flex, partly strategy to boost homegrown chipmaking. Some insiders call it Beijing’s “all hands on deck” moment: no more hope that US chips will slip back in if tempers cool. Now, Chinese players are racing to shore up domestic silicon supremacy. In response, the US Commerce Department paused its new “Affiliates Rule”—those extra export controls targeting Chinese subsidiaries—until November 2026. This move came hot on the heels of economic talks in Kuala Lumpur and could be either a bargaining chip or just time to let everyone catch their breath. If you think that means peace is near, think again: as the Wall Street Journal reports, for every license the US hands out, Chinese companies stock up, and then it’s game on when restrictions snap back in. Both governments, especially post the recent Trump-Xi meeting, are playing a high-stakes waiting game—think tactical truce, not real peace. Industry impacts? The squeeze on American chips is fueling a homemade AI gold rush. Government officials in China are now overseeing who gets what in the high-end hardware bucket, pushing the likes of Huawei’s Ascend series as the new normal for cloud training. Meanwhile, Baidu and Alibaba have already pivoted big AI workloads onto in-house chips, and local players like YMTC are racing to innovate on memory and fabrication. Expert consensus? Most agree that every tit-for-tat policy accelerates decoupling, forcing each side to double down on its strengths. Jesen Huang from Nvidia warns these restrictions could backfire, damaging US innovation more than China’s—especially if China, with its giant market and ruthless focus, catches up sooner than Uncle Sam thinks. Meanwhile, rare earth exports and pivotal software restrictions are still in flux—the only certain thing is that the tech war roll call keeps growing. Looking forward, don’t blink. As chip and cyber battles escalate, both nations are improvising at breakneck speed—surprise announcements and covert operations guaranteed. The future might be digital, but there’s nothing virtual about this struggle for tech primacy. Thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes. If you want more lightning-fast cyber and tech war updates, don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  3. قبل ٤ أيام

    Cyber Bombshell: China's Hacker Secrets Spilled! US Fears Digital Doom

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here with your hypercharged Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates for November 10, 2025! Forget popcorn—grab your firewall, because the past two weeks have been a cyber-thriller. Let’s zap right in: the cybersecurity world is still reeling from the massive Knownsec breach. On November 2, hackers essentially kicked in the front door of China’s leading cybersecurity firm—known for cozy ties with both Beijing and Tencent. What did they walk out with? A digital goldmine: 12,000 classified files revealing state-sponsored cyber weapons, custom hacking tools, and an eye-popping global target list. Think 95GB of immigration data from India, 3TB of South Korean telecom call records, and even Taiwan’s road planning data. Researchers describe it as “unprecedented access into China’s cyber war room”—a peek everyone’s been dying for, unless you’re Beijing. China’s official response was, classic: “We see nothing, we know nothing,” courtesy of Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. Privately though, you can bet teams from the Ministry of State Security are working overtime. What’s wild is the toolkit they lost—a full arsenal for attacking Windows, Linux, iOS, and even sneaky Android malware pulling data from Telegram and WeChat. Even a Trojan power bank! No more trusting that free charger at the airport, folks. Now, over to policy shifts. Just days after the Xi-Trump meetup in Seoul, Beijing dropped the hammer: state-funded data centers must ban foreign AI chips. This move, coming right after a temporary ceasefire in the chip export war, signals deepening digital self-reliance. Chinese leaders—hello Premier Li Qiang—are broadcasting confidence in homegrown chip design. The plan? Achieve “algorithmic sovereignty” by 2027. That $47 billion semiconductor fund is boosting domestic giants like SMIC and Biren; meanwhile, stocks in Nvidia took a beating as Chinese buyers dry up. Meanwhile, on the American side, the Bureau of Industry and Security put the brakes on new export controls post-ceasefire, not wanting to escalate further. But don’t mistake this for détente. The expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act in late September is quietly hamstringing US cyber defenses. Since the law lapsed, industry threat sharing is down by over 70%. Hospitals, banks, even the power grid—everyone’s slower to detect and react. Think of it as running a 100-meter dash with lead shoes, while Beijing’s hackers just found rocket boots in their Christmas presents. Let’s connect the dots: experts at the Center for Security Policy call AI the “new cold war.” If China reaches its 2030 AI supremacy target, they’ll set global tech standards, not the US. That means Western firms may have to play by Beijing’s rules, from autonomous weapons to affordable humanoid robots rolling out of factories like dumplings at dinnertime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn’t budged on Taiwan support, so don’t expect any tech-for-peace swaps soon. So what’s next? Analysts say both powers are locking in for long-haul rivalry—techno-sovereignty, tighter controls, and cyber-espionage tit-for-tat will be the new normal. China is betting its domestic industry is ready to decouple, while the US frets about self-imposed blind spots in cyber defense. My forecast: the real winners may just be the cybercriminals and code jockeys who now have a trove of Chinese malware playbooks to study. Thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes. Don’t forget to subscribe for the latest—this has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  4. قبل ٥ أيام

    Silicon Smackdown: Xi and Trump Call Truce, but Cyber Chaos Reigns Supreme!

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. If you’ve been tracking US-China tech drama, buckle up—Ting’s got your instant replay and expert analysis. This fortnight, the biggest headline? Beijing and Washington just called a cautious timeout. At the post-Busan summit, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump agreed on a one-year truce, which kicked off with China suspending its gnarly bans on gallium, germanium, and antimony exports to the US. These aren’t just your everyday metals—think the special sauce for chips, fiber optics, and solar panels. With China holding over 90% of global supply for gallium, exporters from Europe down to Southeast Asia have been in panic mode since Beijing imposed the ban last December in retaliation for Washington’s crackdown on advanced chipmaking kit. Suddenly, with the new deal, firms on both sides are breathing a little easier. Don’t forget, this thaw goes both ways—Trump agreed to slash those punitive tariffs on key Chinese imports and ease up on the fentanyl-related measures. Farmers in the Midwest might just pop some baijiu in thanks. But no one’s kissing and making up. Analysts at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies warn this is just a tactical pause, not a strategic breakthrough. The rivalry—especially over semiconductors and AI—continues to simmer, and Wall Street’s already betting on new flashpoints by next year. Meanwhile, the cyber battlefront is an absolute warzone. You might’ve caught that the Congressional Budget Office—the US government’s number crunchers—reported a serious breach likely traced to Chinese state-backed hackers. They may have scooped up sensitive communications between lawmakers during the longest US government shutdown on record, while most cyber defenders were furloughed. As if that weren’t enough, Salt Typhoon—a Chinese team active since 2019—was officially labeled a national security crisis by the FBI and CISA. According to recent advisories, Salt Typhoon’s latest exploits may have hit 200 companies across 80 countries, hammering telecom giants like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, even sneaking around critical infrastructure for old-school espionage and disruption. There’s fresh proof that Chinese groups have been exploiting newly discovered “zero-day” vulnerabilities, like the Lanscope flaw, to plant themselves in US policy think tanks and non-profits—part of a wider playbook to shape or at least pilfer sensitive debate around US-China tech policy. Security Affairs highlighted how new backdoors like “SesameOp” now stealthily control compromised systems using generative AI tools, making detection much trickier. Cyber experts are calling 2025 the year compliance finally gave way to real resilience. Gartner analysts say US and Chinese companies are shifting from just checking security boxes to full-on defense transformations. Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with finding the right mix of “process-aware monitoring” and behavioral analytics to spot threats that hide in plain sight. Because, to quote one OT security engineer, technology’s not “secure” unless you can tell whether that system glitch is just Monday blues or a Red Dragon hack. Looking ahead? The truce has paused the most visible hostilities, but entrenched interests on both sides remain. Export controls, cyberattacks, and tech regulations are still the go-to weapons if talks sour. The AI arms race and semiconductor self-reliance efforts are set for another round. And with both sides showcasing their cyber muscle, the risk of miscalculation keeps rising. That’s it for Beijing Bytes—thanks for tuning in! Smash that subscribe button, and as always, stay curious. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  5. ٧ نوفمبر

    Nvidia's AI Chip Ban, Cyber Snoops, and a Rare Earth Reprieve: Inside the US-China Tech Tango

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. This is Ting, your favorite cyber sleuth and Beijing Bytes host, coming at you with the warp-speed rundown on the latest in the US-China tech war. Buckle your seatbelts, because the last two weeks have been a turbocharged tangle of cyber exploits, chip crackdowns, and political curveballs. First, on the cyber front, US government inboxes are ringing off the hook. According to CNN and Politico, the Congressional Budget Office just suffered a slick breach—think sensitive legislative forecasts possibly sliding into enemy hands. US officials are pointing the finger at Chinese state-backed hackers, part of Beijing’s increasingly bold bid to snag insights into American trade and budget policies. It’s just the latest in a barrage: Symantec and ESET both spotted Chinese state-aligned groups sinking digital claws into everything from US nonprofits dabbling in policy to energy grids in Central Asia and government targets across Latin America and Europe. PlushDaemon, SinisterEye, Speccom—the gang’s all here, leveraging everything from aging Apache exploits to adversary-in-the-middle attacks. Even obscure Android spyware is turning up. If you’re counting, it’s clear: China’s cyber ops are getting not just wider, but weirder and more persistent. Now, hardware hawks, the big ticket is Nvidia. The Biden administration didn’t just press pause—they slammed the button down, blocking Nvidia from selling its pared-back B30A AI chips to China, as reported by The Information and echoed everywhere from Economic Times to Tom's Hardware. Even after last month’s summit detente between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, the US is doubling down on restrictions. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, never one to shy from this dance, claims that denying China US chips might backfire by pushing more top AI talent eastwards. Meanwhile, Beijing flipped the table, banning domestic tech giants from buying those GPUs altogether. That’s a double blow: Nvidia’s China market share, once 95%, is a whisper now. But wait—trade winds are shifting, if temporarily. Just days after tightening rare earths and battery exports, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced a surprise: export controls are lifted for a year, letting critical resources and key semiconductors flow back to the US and, for that matter, Europe. Yup, even the Nexperia chip crisis cooled off, restoring Dutch chip shipments after high drama. Soybeans and logs got free passage too, after Xi and Trump’s high-stakes handshake in South Korea. It’s all meant to buy negotiation time before the next blow-up, but experts like Zhao Zhijiang over at Anbound say don’t expect miracles—the tariff cease-fire is real, but tech sovereignty fights are simmering right below the facade. Strategically, the lines are redrawing in real time. The AP just dropped an investigation revealing that past US administrations quietly greenlit exports of sensitive tech for Chinese surveillance. Meanwhile, both nations are pouring billions into homegrown fab capacity and AI, desperate to own the infrastructure of the future. Beijing’s latest two-dimensional chips—yep, functional in gamma radiation—remind everyone that the military stakes are rising, too. In the expert forecast? Think calm before another storm. Analysts expect pressure to build back up around AI, chips, and rare earths. Cyber salvos and legal maneuvering are the new normal. The only thing both Washington and Beijing agree on? Neither side will back down on tech sovereignty or security. That’s a byte-sized plunge into the world’s most consequential tech feud. Thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes—don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next round of digital drama! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  6. ٥ نوفمبر

    Silicon Smackdown: US Pulls Plug on Nvidia AI Chips for China, Sparking Cyber Fireworks and Tech Tantrums

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. From your cyber-whisperer Ting here in Beijing, welcome to Beijing Bytes—where the only firewall I respect is a really secure one. Listeners, buckle up, because the last two weeks in the US-China Tech War have been a wild nanosecond in global history—microchips, malware, and major power plays everywhere you look. Let’s jump straight into the main event: the U.S. just slammed the door shut on Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chips for China, an embargo announced yesterday by the White House and President Donald Trump. These chips, the “Blackwell” flagship, are basically the Silicon Valley equivalent of lightning in a bottle—topping computing benchmarks and considered must-haves for next-generation AI models. The ban is total: not even cut-down, watered-down China-only models are getting through. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang openly admitted their advanced chip market share in China went from 95% in 2022 to nearly zero this fall, though he insists true global innovation needs both U.S. and Chinese minds at the table. Too bad politicians rarely RSVP to that invitation. Now, this is not just tech protectionism. It marks an irreversibly new phase—think “AI Berlin Wall”—with the U.S. doing all it can to keep AI military and surveillance power out of Chinese hands. In response, Beijing’s dropping a different kind of bomb: new rules command that every state-sponsored data center must rip out foreign AI chips and switch entirely to Chinese processors. That means U.S. firms like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are being evicted from what once was a golden market. Chinese tech giants like Huawei and Cambricon are rushing to fill the gap, even if their chips are still a lap or three behind in raw speed and efficiency. Beijing is doling out energy subsidies and incentives, eager for “AI sovereignty” at any cost. Technical pain points? Oh, plenty. American chips come with mature software stacks like Nvidia’s CUDA, the backbone of modern AI. Now, Chinese engineers face the stuttering, painful process of adapting or rebuilding entirely new toolchains, all while trying to catch up in global benchmarks. Yet, the upsides for Beijing are clear—no more dependency, and a fresh sense of digital independence, even if there are major growing pains and a learning curve higher than the Great Wall. Meanwhile on the cyber front, the U.S. House Committee flagged a 150% surge in Chinese cyberattacks hitting American critical infrastructure. That’s not small potatoes: think energy grids, telecom, finance, manufacturing—stuff you really don’t want shadowy hackers poking into. The infamous Salt Typhoon campaign this year pried into at least nine major telecoms, allegedly grabbing law enforcement wiretap requests and even presidential candidates’ communications. The average U.S. data breach is now a $10 million headache, says IBM, and every American city IT manager is sleeping with one eye open and his coffee on a smart plug. Policy-wise, both sides are tightening legal bolts. China’s amended Cybersecurity Law drops January 1st, promising stricter compliance, higher fines, and explicit state support for AI R&D—think carrot and stick, but with more algorithms. U.S. lawmakers, meanwhile, are pushing for harder restrictions on Chinese-made tech in core sectors, seeing every WiFi-enabled toaster as a potential espionage device. Expert consensus? This split is making two incompatible worlds—U.S.-aligned and China-aligned tech—each with its own software, hardware, and, soon, its own ethics. Global companies must pick a side or get caught in the crossfire, while smaller countries may find themselves forced into awkward allegiances. Forecasting ahead, watch for Nvidia’s nose-diving China earnings, Beijing’s bragging about homegrown chip breakthroughs, and, inevitably, more policy whiplash on both sides. The “chip war” is only heating up, and the future of AI might just depend on who can innovate fastest behind their digital borders. Thanks for tuning into Beijing Bytes today—this has been Ting, reminding you to subscribe for your daily dose of cross-Pacific intrigue. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  7. ٣ نوفمبر

    Truce or Ruse? US-China Tech Tango Turns Tense

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Listeners, Ting here, and you’re plugged into Beijing Bytes—the only place you get the latest US-China tech war scoop with just the right dose of snark, straight talk, and expert analysis. Let’s slice right into the past two weeks. Did you hear about the showdown in South Korea? Trump and Xi somehow managed to hit “pause” on their economic slugfest, hammering out a one-year truce on tariffs and tech controls, but, as the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post pointed out, this is a cold war with a slightly more polite handshake. Trump dropped his 100% tariff threat, lowered fees on Chinese chemical precursors, and China agreed to buy a mountain of soybeans—good times if you farm beans, but honestly, neither side budged on semiconductor or AI export controls. These remain the battleground, and global markets just exhaled in relief that nobody stormed off the chessboard. That brings us right to chips. Last week, Trump dropped the hammer: China is locked out of Nvidia’s bleeding-edge AI hardware. If you’re a tech watcher, this is escalation—plain and simple. Beijing isn’t saying much publicly, but you can feel the hush before the next strategic countermove. US restrictions also widened: now any company majority-owned by a Chinese entity is under the microscope, more than 20,000 entities globally according to Modern Diplomacy. Expect China to double down on indigenous chip design, commercializing its own AI—because Xi absolutely does not want permanent dependency. While Washington spars in public, adversaries duel in shadows. Cybersecurity? The US Homeland Security Committee sounded alarms: one in six data breaches in 2025 was AI-driven. PRC-affiliated hackers ramped up attacks by 300%, with hits on the energy grid, financial services, media, and manufacturing. Salt Typhoon, a China-linked crew, compromised telco providers in 80 countries—yes, that included snooping on wiretap requests and presidential candidates' phones. Not to mention PRC operatives camped inside Littleton, Massachusetts’s public power network for months. Industry is still catching up, and the average cost of a breach in the US just shot to ten million dollars. October saw Chinese threat actor Jewelbug infiltrate the Russian tech giant Positive Technologies and UNC5221 filch vulnerability data from F5’s BIG-IP platform—fueling fresh supply chain jitters. In fact, the US is considering a ban on TP-Link routers fearing backdoors and Beijing’s supply chain leverage. And now, China’s amendments to their Cybersecurity Law—set to kick in January 2026—will up scrutiny and penalties for foreign firms, tightening controls on data flows like never before. Both sides see AI not just as the next economic growth engine, but the fulcrum for military advantage. Washington wants to write the global rules for military AI, urging responsible use and pushing Beijing to at least agree that when it comes to nuclear weapons, humans—not code—should have the final say. Diplomatic opportunities flicker, but there’s little trust and even less transparency. So what’s next? Experts suggest the truce is fragile. China will likely accelerate self-sufficiency in key tech sectors, weaponize rare earths and supply chains if pressed, and push for broad adoption of advanced digital tech across industry. The US, meanwhile, will keep tightening the screws on advanced hardware exports and drive international norms for safe AI. Anyone betting on a happy tech detente is either delusional or selling reality distortion software. Listeners, thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes with Ting. Smash subscribe and stay spicy for next week’s battle update. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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  8. ٢ نوفمبر

    Frenemies Forever: US-China Tech Truce, Hacks, and Rare Earth Drama

    This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your geeky tour guide through the labyrinth that is the US-China tech standoff. No need for pleasantries, let’s plug straight into what’s really sizzled over the past two weeks, because trust me, in cyber and tech, every hour matters. Here’s the headline: right after an almost Jerry Springer-esque trade spat, Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping just staged a shock détente at their big summit in South Korea. The White House’s new fact sheet says China has agreed to pause its rare earth export controls, which were causing absolute panic in US semiconductor circles. Meanwhile, the US is shelving some planned tariffs on Chinese tech. Think of it as an awkward tech lovers’ truce: both sides smile for cameras, but nobody’s deleting anybody from their block list. They did dangle some carrots, like China letting Nexperia BV, the Dutch chipmaker’s Chinese plants, restart their shipments—huge sighs of relief from your favorite automakers who need those chips to keep their assembly lines humming. But, as experts at CSIS point out, this is more timeout than total peace; the summit didn’t touch thornier issues like who gets to sell the hottest AI chips, or what happens in Taiwan if the saber-rattling returns. Let’s swing over to the cyber trenches, because this week’s hacks have been wild. The cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf uncovered a slick new espionage campaign: Chinese-linked group UNC6384, likely tied to the notorious Mustang Panda, is hitting European diplomatic missions using a just-published Windows vulnerability—CVE-2025-9491, for those keeping score. Their malware PlugX, also called Destroy RAT or Korplug if you collect malware trading cards, is now miniaturized for stealth. These attacks go far beyond digital graffiti: cyber warriors want a peek inside Europe’s defense and coordination playbooks, especially given Beijing’s growing thirst for strategic insights. Stateside, the US Commerce and even Defense and Homeland Security are circling TP-Link, the Chinese networking giant. There’s talk of an outright ban on TP-Link's Wi-Fi routers, which currently account for up to two-thirds of US home router sales—yikes, right? At stake: national security and persistent fears that home routers could become a backstage pass for Beijing in America’s digital concert. No ban yet, but the regulatory drumroll is getting louder. Amid all these maneuvers, China loosened up on rare earths, gallium, and graphite—core elements for chips and batteries—after the US, EU, and their own markets pushed back against supply chain saber-rattling. As US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Epoch Times and CNN, China’s aggressive export controls were a wakeup call, but the West is now charging hard to diversify those mineral supplies. The message from DC: Beijing’s monopoly days are numbered, as EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic and Bessent both highlight the global coalition taking shape. What does this mean for tech’s near future? Expect ongoing skirmishes as both sides race for chip innovation and supply chain self-sufficiency. Expert consensus warns us not to be lulled by this “pause.” Embedded digital espionage, high-stakes tech bans, and supply chain drama are now baseline features, not bugs, in the US-China relationship. As possibilities for military “hotlines” and rare cooperative gestures emerge, every move is under the microscope, with both nations playing four-dimensional chess. Thanks for tuning in to Beijing Bytes—if you want the freshest tech war tea, hit that subscribe and stay plugged in. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast. Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates offers timely and insightful coverage of the latest developments in the US-China technology competition. This regularly updated podcast explores the critical areas of cybersecurity incidents, new tech restrictions, and policy changes, shedding light on the industry impacts and strategic implications for both nations. Featuring expert analysis and future forecasts, Beijing Bytes provides listeners with a clear understanding of the ongoing tech rivalry and its global significance, making it essential listening for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and international relations. For more info go to https://www.quietplease.ai Check out these deals https://amzn.to/48MZPjs

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