China isn’t just in our supply chain — they’re in our ports, our power grids, and our policies.

In this week’s Pulse Wave, we open with a monologue that calls out the obvious: China is built deep into America’s critical infrastructure — from cranes and transformers to solar inverters and comms gear stamped Made in China.

I sat down with Tom Weinert, Rob Murtha, and Nick Frazier to break it all down:

• How 80% of U.S. ports rely on Chinese cranes, and what that means for logistics and national security.
• The cyber threat from Volt Typhoon and why it’s been ignored for years.
• How North Korean laptop farms and fake recruiting pipelines are penetrating cleared industries.
• Why HR and program managers are now a front line of national defense.
• And whether America has gone too soft — arguing about pronouns while Beijing embeds itself in our backbone.

This is about more than cyber policy — it’s about grit, standards, and the price of comfort.

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