This is your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates podcast.

It’s Ting here, bringing you the inside scoop on Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates, and oh boy, has the past couple of weeks been a front-row seat to global cyber drama. Grab your popcorn—this script’s hotter than a red-hot GPU.

First, cyber mayhem took center stage—a coordinated Chinese cyberattack called Salt Typhoon. Salt Typhoon wasn’t a little drizzle; experts say this assault targeted critical telecommunications infrastructure across 80 countries, amassing personal and sensitive data, possibly on nearly every American. Security officials called it “unrestrained,” with the scope only now coming to light after years of patient infiltration. The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police are busy tracing clever impersonator emails sent from a faux Congressman John Moolenaar to U.S. trade groups, trying to fish for legislative secrets just days ahead of crucial trade talks in Stockholm. The payload? Sophisticated malware traced to APT41, a flagship Chinese state-linked hacking crew. If opened, these emails would have handed Chinese spies a portal into U.S. negotiations—think Mission Impossible, but with more email and less Tom Cruise.

The trend behind the carnage—cyber attacks have practically doubled since 2023. Chinese state hackers no longer work alone; private firms act as force multipliers for Beijing’s ambitions, all thanks to 2017’s National Intelligence Law. Odessa in the narrative is the Shanghai contractor I-Soon, outed in 2024 for running a cyber-espionage factory, giving us a rare glimpse into the marriage of state and private cyber muscle.

Now, onto the silicon skirmish. Chip controls are back in the headlines. Washington’s export controls are no band-aid—these are surgical strikes designed to keep China away from power AI chips, neural networks, and advanced memory. A new deal last month allowed Nvidia and AMD to sell “lesser” chips to China… for a price. The U.S. government pockets 15 percent of sales, a spicy compromise after six years of ever-tightening controls. But the Semiconductor Industry Association is lobbying hard against any tougher restrictions, worried about locking out American firms from a billion-customer market and losing the innovation race.

There’s more policy churn: America wants to switch Samsung and SK hynix—the memory kings—from open-ended permissions to annual site licenses for China-bound chip equipment. South Korea’s execs are sweating about bureaucracy slowing down repair cycles and upgrades, and the proposed system aims to keep Chinese fabs running without letting them reboot and leapfrog into next-gen chips.

Meanwhile, China’s “military-civil fusion” is juicing AI progress. Civilian universities and private drones companies now feed the People’s Liberation Army, with this month’s military parade in Beijing flaunting AI drones, laser weapons, and more. This blurring of lines makes it brutally hard for the U.S. to strike a balance—how do you police high tech when civilian and defense suppliers are the same?

So what does it mean for the tech world? Experts warn—delays in China’s access to high-end AI chips buy America time to innovate, but China’s relentless drive for self-reliance means borrowing is only ever temporary. Both economies find themselves in a codependent deadlock: U.S. wants market share and control, China wants self-sufficiency and security.

Looking forward, get ready for more creative policy workarounds, ongoing cyber cat-and-mouse, and a world where even the chips in your toaster might be the subject of global intrigue.

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