This is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.

Welcome to US-China CyberPulse. I’m Ting, your slightly-too-excited analyst who lives for power surges and supply chain curveballs. And wow, what a week it has been! There’s enough digital drama here to crash half the routers in Silicon Valley.

Let’s jump right in; the big playmaker on the U.S. side this week was National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, who at the Meridian Summit in D.C. basically called out Beijing for trying to “export a surveillance state across planet Earth.” His agenda? Make the world crave a “clean American tech stack.” Cairncross wants to flip the script, not just doubling down on hygiene at home but also securing digital partnerships beyond the usual suspects. He’s not a fan of ambiguity—his words: “The United States needs to send a stronger message that Chinese cyberattacks are unwelcome.” The Trump administration’s new strategy, we hear, will be leaner—less reading, more doing.

Meanwhile, there’s an arms race for cyberspace dominance, and the playbook is changing. A report from Dartmouth’s Institute for Security, Technology and Society, dissected by the Lawfare Institute, says Uncle Sam needs to let the private sector off the leash. Unlike China’s “steal now, sell later” operating model, American cyber pros are all about pinpoint precision. The experts want the government to authorize private operators to disrupt ransomware gangs, maybe even siphon off some of those crypto stashes. The report calls out that while China blitzes for massive data, the U.S. still handpicks its heists. Time to scale up—think less “Ocean’s Eleven,” more “everyone grab a laptop.”

China hasn’t been napping—far from it. On the legislative front, Beijing just submitted a draft amendment to its foundational Cybersecurity Law to the NPC Standing Committee. Why? To get a better grip on AI. With over half a billion generative AI users and counting, Wang Xiang, the spokesperson for the Legislative Affairs Commission, spoke about injecting “orderly, safe, and fair” development into AI’s turbocharged growth. China’s also ramping up penalties for data misuse and toughening up personal info protections. Violators face possible shutdown or serious fines—a digital permafrost if you mess with those algorithms.

International cooperation? The United Nations cybercrime treaty signing ceremony in Hanoi is poised to shake things up. But here’s the catch: critics at Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Brookings are warning the U.S. not to buy in. Their argument: the treaty is a “Trojan horse” for regimes wanting more control and less dissent, potentially undermining Western norms around privacy and transparency. China and Russia, after all, are big fans of a tightly managed internet—think “Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace,” but with fewer cat memes and more surveillance firmware.

Supply chain defense is still hot—Senator Todd Young is warning that national security needs a supply chain detox. The U.S. is taking steps to reduce dependency on Chinese tech components, build up resilience against supply disruptions, and invest in home-grown alternatives. Expect more funding pushes and persistent congressional noise.

Meanwhile, Beijing and D.C. traded plenty of blame for cyber-offensives. This week China’s Foreign Ministry and state media doubled down, accusing the NSA of “presetting vulnerabilities for future large-scale sabotage.” The U.S. points right back—each side calling the other “world’s number-one hacking state.” As always, there’s little trust and even less chance of détente anytime soon.

Listeners, if you love pulse-quickening digital chess, strap in for the coming months. AI oversight, aggressive private sector moves, supply chain skirmishes, international treaty wrangling—it’s one wild, wired ride.

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