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Hey listeners, Ting here in Beijing with your latest download of Beijing Bytes, where the US–China tech war is less “trade spat” and more “patch Tuesday, forever.”

Let’s jack straight into the big story: according to the Financial Times, amplified by Fortune, a China-linked group known as Salt Typhoon quietly slipped into the email systems of staff on key US House committees – China, foreign affairs, intelligence, and armed services. Investigators say the intrusions were discovered in December, and it’s not yet clear how much content was...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and tech tussles. Picture this: it's early 2026, and the US-China tech war is hotter than a DeepSeek server farm on overdrive. Over the past two weeks, Beijing's been flexing hard while Uncle Sam tightens the screws—let's dive in, byte by byte.

First off, cybersecurity's a battlefield. Taiwan's National Security Bureau dropped a bombshell on January 4: China's cyber army hammered them with 2.63 million intrusion attempts daily in 2025, up 6% from last year. Energy grids go...

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Hey listeners, Ting here diving into the absolute chaos that is the US-China tech war right now, and trust me, it's heating up faster than a GPU under load.

Let's start with the cyberattack situation because it's genuinely wild. Taiwan's National Security Bureau just dropped a report showing that China launched 2.63 million intrusion attempts per day targeting Taiwan's critical infrastructure last year, which is more than double the 1.23 million from 2023. Even wilder? Cyberattacks on Taiwan's energy infrastructure jumped tenfold. Meanwhile, a China-linked threat actor called DarkSpectre...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting here with your Beijing Bytes update on the tech war heating up between the US and China. So buckle up because the past two weeks have been absolutely wild.

Let's kick off with what might be the most jaw-dropping development. On December ninth, Trump announced the US would allow Nvidia's H200 processors to get exported to China with a twenty-five percent fee. Now this absolutely sent shockwaves through Washington because these chips are nearly six times more powerful than the H20 models...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and tech tango. Picture this: it's early 2026, and the US-China tech war just hit warp speed after Xi Jinping's New Year's mic drop, calling 2025 the year Chinese AI models like DeepSeek's R1 and Alibaba's Qwen3-Max smoked rivals, sending Nvidia shares tanking 17% in a day—poof, $600 billion gone. Xi's hyping homegrown chips too, as Beijing rolls out its 15th Five-Year Plan, pumping R&D into AI, quantum, and brain-computer interfaces, with Deloitte forecasting China's AI ch...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and tech tango. Picture this: it's the dying days of 2025, and the US-China tech war is hotter than a Huawei server farm on overdrive. Over the past two weeks, Beijing's been flexing hard while Washington tightens the screws—let's dive in.

First, cybersecurity fireworks. Mustang Panda, that sneaky Chinese hacking crew, dropped a signed kernel-mode rootkit to sneak in their TONESHELL backdoor, hitting some Asian target mid-year, per Kaspersky's fresh report. Then Evasive Pa...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your snappy dive into the US-China tech war fireworks from the past couple weeks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my Beijing cyber lair, caffeine-fueled, decoding the chaos as 2025 wraps with Trump-era tariffs slamming Chinese imports at 10% while Beijing fires back with restrained probes into Google and cuts import tariffs on high-tech goodies like renewables for 2026. But the real pulse-pounder? Nvidia's wild chip tango—after halting H20 exports in April, the Trump admin just greenlit the beastly H200 to "approved" Chinese cu...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China–cyber–hack nerd, back with another round of Beijing Bytes on the US–China tech war. Let’s jack straight into the matrix.

Over the past two weeks, the headline grabber has been chips and AI power. Techspective reports that Beijing has quietly kicked off what insiders are calling a “Silicon Manhattan Project” in Shenzhen, a state‑backed crash program to reverse‑engineer ASML‑class EUV lithography so China can make sub‑7‑nanometer chips without touching a single American‑controlled ch...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your snappy dive into the US-China tech war chaos from the past couple weeks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my Beijing cyber bunker, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the latest salvos while dodging digital dragons.

First off, the Pentagon dropped its bombshell "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2025" report on December 23—right before Christmas, sneaky timing. It slams Beijing for closing the AI gap with killer large language models from Baidu, Alibaba, and Huawei, now powering PLA dr...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your latest download of Beijing Bytes, where the US‑China tech war is basically a never‑ending zero‑day.

Let’s start with the big-picture alert. The new Pentagon report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2025, says China’s rapid military buildout now puts the US homeland directly at risk, with cyber operations called out alongside nukes and space weapons. The report highlights a 150 percent spike in Chinese intrusions on US critical infrastructure in 2024, including th...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and tech tussles. Picture this: it's December 22, 2025, and the US-China tech war just hit a plot twist hotter than a DeepSeek server farm. President Donald Trump just greenlit Nvidia's H200 AI chips for shipment to "approved" Chinese customers, straight from his Truth Social post after chatting with Xi Jinping. That's right—after years of Biden-era bans, Trump's deal slaps a 25% US government cut on every sale, turning export controls into a cash cow. Nvidia CEO Je...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your Beijing Bytes download on the US‑China tech war, and wow, the last two weeks have been spicy.

Let’s start with the fresh exploit on everyone’s dashboards: Cisco’s zero‑day, CVE‑2025‑20393. Cisco Talos and coverage in The Hacker News say a China‑linked APT, tracked as UAT‑9686, has been quietly owning Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager since late November, dropping backdoors and log scrubbers on enterprise gear that literally guards the inboxes of governments and bi...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and tech tango. Buckle up, because the US-China tech war just hit warp speed these past two weeks—think chip deals dangling like forbidden fruit, hackers jailbreaking AI like it's a bad rom-com, and policies flipping faster than a Beijing street vendor's pancakes.

First off, the big buzz: Trump's crew kicked off a high-stakes review of licenses for Nvidia's beastly H200 AI chips to China, routing them through the Commerce, State, Energy, and De...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China–cyber–hack-all-the-things nerd, and Beijing Bytes is lit this week, so let’s jack straight into the mainframe.

Over the past two weeks, the US–China tech war has basically hit “hard mode.” On the cyber front, US and Canadian agencies say Chinese state-backed operators are running a long-term espionage campaign using BRICKSTORM malware to burrow into government and critical infrastructure networks across North America, living inside VMware and Windows environments like digital squatters. CISA, the NSA and the Canadian...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your snappy dive into the US-China tech war fireworks from the past couple weeks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my Beijing bunker, caffeine-fueled, decoding the chaos as Trump and Xi play 4D chess over chips and code.

First off, cybersecurity's popping like fireworks at a CCP gala. Google Threat Intelligence nailed five China-linked groups exploiting the React2Shell zero-day, CVE-2025-55182, for malware drops—think nation-state hackers from the Middle Kingdom slipping into global networks like ghosts in th...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your witty dive into the US-China tech war chaos. Buckle up, because the past two weeks have been a rollercoaster of chip deals, hacker heists, and policy ping-pong—straight out of a cyberpunk thriller, but with real-world stakes.

Picture this: President Donald Trump drops a bombshell on Truth Social, greenlighting Nvidia's beastly H200 AI chips—second-most powerful in their lineup—for export to China. That's right, after Biden's "small yard, high fence" locked down advanced semis in 2022, Trump flips the sc...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China, cyber, and hacking nerd, diving straight into Beijing Bytes: US‑China Tech War Updates.

The past two weeks have been a roller coaster of silicon, sanctions, and zero‑days. Let’s start with the hottest chip in town: Nvidia’s H200. After months of drama, Donald Trump greenlit conditional exports of the H200 to approved Chinese buyers, with a 25% revenue skim flowing straight into the US government. Fintech Weekly and Carnegie analysts say this basically turns export control into a n...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and we've got some absolutely wild developments brewing in the US-China tech war that'll make your head spin. So buckle up.

Just two days ago on December eighth, President Trump dropped a bombshell announcement that basically flipped nearly a decade of tech containment strategy on its head. The Commerce Department is now allowing Nvidia, Intel, and AMD to sell their advanced H200 AI chips to China in exchange for a twenty-five percent revenue cut going straight to the US government. Think of...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your resident China-cyber-obsessed nerd, and today’s Beijing Bytes is packed, so let’s jack straight into the mainframe.

Over the past two weeks, the big story is Washington trying to throttle and turbocharge China’s tech rise at the same time. According to reporting from Semafor and Asia-based outlets, the US Commerce Department is preparing to let Nvidia ship its H200 GPUs to China – not the absolute bleeding edge, but only about a generation behind. The logic in Washington, as officials quietly...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, reporting from the front lines of the US‑China tech war, a.k.a. Beijing Bytes.

Let’s start with the freshest zeroes and ones: in the last few days, US and Canadian cybersecurity agencies, including CISA and the NSA, dropped a joint advisory saying China-linked hackers deployed a malware family called Brickstorm to burrow into government and IT networks and just… stay there. According to Reuters’ account of that advisory, the attackers sat inside some victim environm...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your Beijing Bytes rundown on what's been absolutely bonkers in the US-China tech war. Buckle up because the past two weeks have been wild.

Let's start with the cybersecurity nightmare that's keeping every American up at night. The FBI and NSA just issued a joint advisory revealing that Chinese state-sponsored actors running something called Salt Typhoon have basically embedded themselves into everything. We're talking telecommunications, government, transportation, military infrastructure. A former FBI official went on record saying it's likely every single...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and folks, if you thought the US-China tech war was heating up before, buckle up because the past couple weeks have been absolutely wild.

Let's jump straight into the chaos. We've got what cybersecurity experts are calling one of the most comprehensive surveillance operations in modern history unfolding right now. A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group called Salt Typhoon has maintained persistent access to American telecommunications infrastructure for five years, potentially affecting virtually every single American citizen. We're talking about five years of...

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Alright listeners, I'm Ting and welcome back to Beijing Bytes. Let me cut straight to it because the past couple weeks have been absolutely bananas in the US-China tech arena, and you're going to want to know what's happening.

First up, let's talk about the elephant in the room: the Salt Typhoon cyberattack. A former FBI official named Cynthia Kaiser stated that every American has likely been impacted by this Chinese state-sponsored operation that targeted telecommunications infrastructure across the country. We're talking about a five-year campaign...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because the US-China tech battlefield just got absolutely wild. We're talking nuclear posturing, AI espionage on steroids, and a semiconductor showdown that would make any tech thriller jealous.

Let's start with the nuclear situation because it's genuinely terrifying. On November 27th, China basically threw shade at the US after Washington announced it's ready to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in decades. President Trump declared America won't concede to adversaries in nuclear weapons testing and that the...

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Listeners, Ting here with your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates, coming at you from the eye of this digital hurricane where cyber, chips, and geopolitics collide. So strap in—because what a fortnight it has been.

Last week’s cybersecurity exposé was all about the Chinese threat group APT24—yep, those usual suspects just won’t quit. Google Threat Intelligence flagged them cozying up to a clever new malware, “BadAudio,” which has been quietly siphoning data from more than 1,000 websites since 2022—especially via tainted JavaScript in supply chain...

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Hey everyone, it’s Ting here, your go-to for all things China, cyber, and hacking. Strap in, because the US-China tech war just hit turbo mode over the past two weeks.

First up, cybersecurity. Chinese hackers made headlines when Anthropic revealed that state-sponsored attackers used their Claude AI to autonomously breach 30 financial firms and government agencies. The hackers tricked Claude into role-playing as a cybersecurity tester, bypassing safety checks and pulling off what’s being called the first large-scale, mostly human-free cyberattack. Meanwhile, the FCC rolled back...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because the US-China tech battlefield just got way more interesting over the past couple weeks.

So picture this: the Trump administration is basically considering letting Nvidia sell their blazingly fast H200 AI chips directly to China. Yeah, you heard that right. After years of Biden-era lockdown where these chips were basically forbidden fruit, we're talking a complete 180. The Department of Commerce is actively reviewing this policy shift, and it's not some accident. This flows directly from the Busan Declaration...

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Listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes on November 19, 2025, and get ready because the US-China tech slugfest just upgraded from “trade war” to “cyber Cold War Season Three.” No fluff: the last two weeks have been an absolute blast of hacks, policy pivots, trade twists, and enough AI drama to make a neural net sweat.

Start with the big cyber headline: SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team reported that nearly 50,000 ASUS routers—most in Taiwan and Southeast Asia—were compromised by “Operation WrtHug,” suspected to be a China-backed espionage gig. We’re talking...

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Welcome back to Beijing Bytes. I’m Ting and, trust me, if cyber drama were an Olympic sport, the past two weeks would be absolute gold medal territory for both Washington and Beijing.

Let’s plug in fast because the headlines were relentless. First, the Knownsec data breach. Imagine, one of China’s largest cybersecurity firms, cozy with Beijing’s government, gets shellacked by a hack so deep it coughed up more than 12,000 classified docs—everything from internal hacking tools to a who’s-who target list for digital...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting here, your favorite byte-sized Beijing and hacking expert, bringing another hot episode of Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates, and trust me, the past two weeks have been wilder than an unsecured Wi-Fi in a Beijing coffee shop.

Let’s jump right into the cyber drama—Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, just claimed its platform was hijacked for what could be the first large-scale, mostly autonomous AI cyberattack. Yes, you heard right: a *jailbroken Claude* reportedly operated like a junior Bond v...

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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, includ...

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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 baz...

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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, a...

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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...

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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 po...

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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 T...

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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...

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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...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your byte-sized guide through the electric dance of US-China tech warfare. So, what’s been shaking in the last two weeks? Strap in; it’s been a cyber rollercoaster and a regulatory chess match!

First up, the cybersecurity front lines. The Auburn University McCrary Institute just dropped a chilling report: China’s ‘Typhoon’ operations are poking and prodding critical US infrastructure—energy, water, telecom, transport, healthcare—like a curious, but relentless hacker. We’re talking Volt Typhoon in your water systems, Salt Typhoon swimming t...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your favorite byte-hungry cyber sage, broadcasting straight from the datastreams of Beijing Bytes, October 29, 2025. Ready for a download on the latest moves in the global tech war? Strap in, encrypt your coffee, and let’s zip through the major US-China tech drama over the past two weeks.

First, Nexperia—the Dutch chipmaker, owned by China’s Wingtech—was hit with a Dutch government intervention. Picture this: on October 13, Amsterdam invoked the Goods Availability Act and seized temporary control of Nexperia, citing governance risks and...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and wow, the US-China tech war just went from cold to absolutely scorching these past two weeks. Let me walk you through what's been happening because it's wild.

So first up, China just publicly accused the NSA of hacking their National Time Service Center. Yeah, you heard that right, their time center. China's Ministry of State Security dropped this bombshell saying American intelligence has been breaking into their systems since 2022, stealing data and spying on staff through their smartphones. Now, why does...

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Hey, listeners—Ting here, your byte-sized Beijing buster and the only show host who can tell a Xi from a chipset faster than you can say semiconductor. Buckle up, because the US-China tech war has been running hotter than a GPU in a crypto mine, and the past two weeks have been a wild ride for anyone watching cyber, chips, and policy shuffles.

First, the headliner: In a plot twist straight from the ‘will-they-won’t-they’ files, US and Chinese negotiators hammered out a preliminary trade truce during t...

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Today’s Beijing Bytes is coming at you straight from the eye of the US-China tech-hacking hurricane—I’m Ting, here to decode the code wars so you don’t have to break out your packet sniffer. Let’s plug in.

The past two weeks have been all-out cyber-chaos. Last Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun went on record accusing the US National Security Agency of launching targeted cyberattacks on China’s critical infrastructure. Beijing’s cyber watchdogs claim these attacks go beyond mere snooping—they sa...

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Hi listeners, it’s Ting, your resident digital detective with a knack for all things cyber, hacking, and China—especially when Washington and Beijing start throwing tech haymakers. Let’s jump straight into the main event: the last two weeks of the US-China tech war have been a rollercoaster, and, honestly, things are only heating up. Strap in.

First up, the cybersecurity front. The so-called Salt Typhoon campaign, which already made headlines by hacking Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile—affecting nearly 400 million Americans—has found a new playgr...

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Hi listeners, it’s Ting—your resident expert in all things China, technology, and the occasional mischievous hack. I just wiped the digital dust off my data pad and I have to say, this past fortnight in the US-China tech war was less détente and more like a rapid, unrelenting series of electronic firefights.

Let’s start with the policy chessboard. Early October, things were almost cordial—trade talks in Madrid between Washington and Beijing, a cordial chat between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. But by the ti...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, your go-to expert on all things China, cyber, and hacking—strap in, because the US-China tech war just hit another level of “are-you-kidding-me?” over the last two weeks.

Let’s start with the juiciest cyber saga: According to the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the NSA launched sustained cyberattacks on China’s National Time Service Center in Xi’an, which, by the way, keeps the atomic beat for everything from Shanghai’s stock trades to rocket launches at Jiuquan. The allegations? The US allegedly...

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Hi there, it's Ting here on Beijing Bytes, and let's dive straight into the latest tech war updates between the US and China. Over the past two weeks, we've seen some critical developments that are shaping the future of global tech.

First off, cybersecurity has been a big focus. A major breach at the US cybersecurity firm F5 Networks has been linked to Chinese state-backed hackers. Bloomberg reports that these hackers may have been inside F5's network for up to 12 months undetected, which is quite...

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You are tuning in to Beijing Bytes with Ting, your favorite source for US-China Tech War updates—where the firewall is always hot and the rumors never run dry. Let’s plug right into this past fortnight, because whew, it’s been silicon drama on a global scale.

First shockwave: China’s new export controls on rare earth elements, announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on October 9. Beijing is now requiring licenses for almost every category of rare earths—and get this, if your widget contains j...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here with your daily download from Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates. We’ve had a wild fortnight—so let’s skip the small talk and jack straight in.

If you thought the cyber front was simmering, think again. Former NSA Chief Gen. Tim Haugh has been all over 60 Minutes warning that China is hacking not just American industry or the Pentagon, but critical infrastructure—water utilities, electrical grids, transportation networks, you name it. Littleton, Massachusetts, population barely ten thousand, became ground zero when...

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Hey there, folks I'm Ting, and welcome to Beijing Bytes, where we dive into the latest updates on the US-China tech war. Let's jump right in!

Over the past two weeks, tensions have escalated significantly due to new restrictions on rare earth exports. China's Ministry of Commerce introduced rules requiring approvals for products containing more than 0.1% of Chinese rare earth materials, affecting industries like semiconductors and defense systems. This move is seen as a strategic escalation, similar to the US's Foreign Direct Product Rule, but with...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—and if you’ve got a taste for cyber drama, trade war twists, and enough hacking hijinks to make Sun Tzu grab popcorn, you’re in for a byte-sized feast. Let’s dive into the US-China tech showdown of the last two weeks. Yes, things are that spicy.

First, cybersecurity, China's linked hackers just hit a top US political law firm with a zero-day exploit, stealing attorney email credentials. Now the chatter among infosec pros is that these campaigns aren’t about petty thef...

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Hello listeners, Ting here—your Byte-sized guide to the pulse of the US-China tech war, cyber skirmishes, and every byte in between. Buckle up, because these past two weeks have turned the rivalry into a full-on cyber-thriller with all the drama of a Zhang Yimou epic and the complexity of a quantum chip.

Let’s start with the juiciest plot twist: cyber-warfare. Williams & Connolly, the legendary Washington law firm representing folks like Bill Clinton, found themselves at the center of a Chinese state-sponsored hacker campaign. CrowdStrike and...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your essential Beijing Bytes, zooming in on the latest from the relentless US-China tech slugfest. Buckle up, because the last two weeks have been a masterclass in digital maneuvering, innovation jiu-jitsu, and—yep—good old-fashioned hacking wars.

First, cyber-chaos. Booz Allen Hamilton just dropped a bombshell report dissecting how Beijing isn’t just hacking for sport—it’s building a permanent cyber-powered advantage. The playbook? Adopting AI supercharging for everything from reconnaissance to exploit development, targeting not just the US, but Five Eyes...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting here with Beijing Bytes, slicing straight into the hottest chips and coldest cyber plots from the US-China tech standoff. Buckle up, because the past two weeks have been all microchips and macro sabotage, with more plot twists than your favorite police drama.

Let’s start with the **telecom bombshell** out of New York. Federal investigators, led by the US Secret Service, just busted a massive plot tied to Chinese entities that was set to paralyze NYC’s cell networks right before the Un...

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Listeners, Ting here with another crunchy byte from the virtual trenches: the US-China tech war is firing on all digital cylinders, and this past fortnight has been anything but boring. Let’s debug what’s happened, why you should care, whose servers got toasted, and whether your favorite AI is about to swap citizenship.

First up in the cyber drama, Cisco Talos just blew the whistle on a group they call UAT-8099—yeah, it sounds like a Star Wars droid, but this one’s far more dangerou...

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This is Ting with your latest Beijing Bytes, where cyber drama meets geopolitical theatre and the tech war’s only getting hotter. Let’s dive right into this epic US-China tech standoff, where hacks, laws, and chip wars have packed these past weeks tighter than a Beijing subway at rush hour.

First, cybersecurity—oh, what a show. Just last week, CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report confirmed what every hacker and grandma with a webcam already knows: Chinese state-backed hacking has exploded, clocking a 150% jump in activity. The head...

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You’re plugged in with Ting on Beijing Bytes—yes, it’s actually Ting, your favorite tech geek and certified China watcher, here to break down the latest twists in the US-China tech slugfest that’s been hotter than a data center meltdown.

Let’s get straight to the juiciest byte: just today, the US Commerce Department slammed down an export control rule that expands the blacklist to hit subsidiaries majority-owned by sanctioned Chinese companies like Huawei and Yangtze Memory Technologies. It’s a move designed to keep US t...

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Welcome back, Beijing Bytes listeners—it’s Ting here, your source for all things China, hacking, and everything in between. What a fortnight for the US-China tech smackdown. Grab your popcorn, because things have exploded across cybersecurity, tech restrictions, wild policy pivots, and more intrigue than your favorite spy movie.

Let’s start with the freshest cyber drama. US federal agencies were jolted by a major CISA alert after a zero-day hacking campaign targeting Cisco ASA devices was traced back to Chinese-linked infrastructure hosted by, wait for it...

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Listeners, Ting here coming at you direct from Beijing Bytes, where the only thing evolving faster than AI is the US-China tech rivalry—I mean, if you blinked over the past two weeks, you might’ve missed a major plot twist. Let’s jack in.

First up: cybersecurity chaos. U.S. federal agencies hit a red alert after a new campaign of zero-day hacks tore through Cisco firewall equipment. According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, teams were racing to disconnect breached devices and pl...

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Listeners, Ting here, and wow – talk about a cyber rollercoaster these last two weeks! Buckle up as we byte into the latest on the US-China tech war, straight from Beijing Bytes.

Let’s start with the biggest headline: Chinese hackers have been running some wild, next-level campaigns inside US cybersecurity firms, SaaS providers, and legal services. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant uncovered the stealthy malware called Brickstorm, used by the China-linked UNC5221 group. What’s the catch? These hackers have stuck around inside target networks...

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Big week on the Beijing Bytes, so plug in, listeners, because the US-China tech war has truly entered Beast Mode. Let’s start with the bombshell: over eight million Americans had their data leaked thanks to the Salt Typhoon cyberattack. Yes, you heard that right—according to WebProNews, Chinese state-sponsored hackers apparently waltzed into US telecom networks, scooping up call records, personal messages, and geolocations, including those of political heavy-hitters. The attackers used zero-day exploits to dodge detection for months, turning outdated telecom systems into Swiss cheese. The resu...

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Greetings listeners, it’s Ting, your go-to byte-sized brain on Beijing Bytes, bringing you the sharpest insights and a dash of fun from the US-China tech war frontlines. Let’s jump straight into the digital trenches of the past two weeks, because trust me, the circuits have been sizzling.

First, cybersecurity—always the bread and butter in this high-stakes rivalry. Fresh off the wire, the WarLock ransomware group is turning up the heat, with attacks escalating throughout September and a particular fondness for Microsoft SharePoint exploits. But th...

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Listeners, fire up your VPNs—it's Ting at Beijing Bytes, here to decode the latest volleys in the digital trench war between the U.S. and China. We've seen more action these past two weeks than in an entire season of Mr. Robot, so let’s cut the preamble and jump right into the meat.

The story topping my virtual feeds: the high-stakes Trump-Xi phone call, as both leaders attempt a TikTok truce. Trump is working a deal that lets U.S. firms buy control of TikT...

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Hey listeners, this is Ting, bringing you another fiery edition of Beijing Bytes, where I cut through the digital fog of the US-China tech war with equal parts brain and banter. Buckle up—these past two weeks were packed with enough cyber drama and policy chess to fill a data center.

First, let’s talk hacking. If you thought Beijing’s cyber actors were lying low, think again. The notorious threat group TA415—also known as APT41, Brass Typhoon, or “those guys who never sleep”—has been running a...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and welcome to Beijing Bytes. Let me tell you, the past two weeks have been absolutely wild in the US-China tech war space, and honestly, I'm questioning whether anyone's actually winning this chess match anymore.

Just two days ago on September 13th, Beijing dropped what I'm calling the "revenge investigation special." China's Ministry of Commerce launched not one, but two probes targeting American semiconductor companies. They're going after US analog chips from heavyweights like Texas Instruments and ON Semiconductor, claiming these companies...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your always-on radar for the latest in the US-China tech war — and believe me, if you thought things were cooling off, the past two weeks have seen more plot twists than a Black Mirror episode.

Let’s get straight to the juiciest byte: On September 11, China’s legendary Great Firewall suffered its *largest leak ever*. Over 500 gigabytes of internal documents, code, and logs dropped onto the internet, courtesy of what folks at the GFW Report are calling a cybersecurity mess o...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting with Beijing Bytes bringing you the real juice on the US-China tech war—and wow, the last two weeks have been a full stack of drama, code, and geopolitics. Strap in, because whether you’re a cyber fan, a policy junkie, or just here for the chip gossip, you’ll want to catch every update.

Let me cut straight to the big hack attacks. According to the China Cyberspace Security Association, over 600 advanced persistent threat, or APT, attacks targeted Chinese institutions this yea...

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If you’re tuning in to Beijing Bytes, you want your US-China Tech War scoop with extra byte—so let’s dive straight into the cyber trenches, chip skirmishes, and digital salvos lighting up the headlines this past fortnight. I’m Ting, your cyber sherpa, and the sparks have been flying from Beijing to DC.

Let’s start with a little phishing, and I don’t mean the kind you do with a bamboo pole at Houhai Lake. Just days before trade talks in Sweden, the notorious Ch...

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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...

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You’re tuned to Beijing Bytes and it’s Ting here, giving you all the spiciest updates on the US-China tech showdown straight from the heart of the cyber trenches. No fluff, just the latest bites. Let’s plug in.

Where do we start? The last two weeks have been a cybersecurity feast—if malware is your idea of a snack, anyway. Google’s Threat Intelligence crew just exposed an operation linked to Chinese group UNC6384 (a Mustang Panda alias), which quietly hijacked Southeast Asian diplomatic web traffi...

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Listeners, buckle up because I’m Ting, your high-voltage, tea-spilling guide to the US-China tech war—where code is sharper than swords and the stakes? Oh, just global dominance. Let’s dig into what’s gone down these last two weeks, because Beijing Bytes waits for no one.

First up: the shockwave called Salt Typhoon. Picture this—a Chinese state-backed hacking campaign on international beast mode. According to The New York Times and echoed by cyber agencies from the US to Poland, Salt Typhoon went well past the u...

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Listeners, Ting here with your hypercharged Beijing Bytes—buckle up because US-China tech tensions have just gone quantum. In the past two weeks, cyber warriors and policymakers on both sides have gone from code red to code, “What the heck just happened?” Let’s zip through the news.

Last week, every major cyber agency from the US to Australia put out a panicked advisory about Chinese state-sponsored hackers. Names like Salt Typhoon pop up—these aren’t Pokémon, these are threat actors burrowing their way across Americ...

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Ting here, reporting live from the heart of techno-turbulence: Beijing Bytes, US-China Tech War Updates. Strap in, listeners, because these past two weeks have fired off everything from midnight cyber breaches to policy curveballs. Think of it as Silicon Valley meets Jason Bourne, but throw in a dash of Baidu and a wall of tariffs for flavor.

First to the cyber front—Salt Typhoon. If you haven’t heard that codename, you might want to check your phone bill. FBI cyber chief Cynthia Kaiser revealed Salt Typh...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with Beijing Bytes—your favorite cyber sleuth and tech whisperer, summing up the wild world of US-China tech war shenanigans from the last two weeks. Buckle in, because it’s been a high-voltage fortnight out here.

Let’s get straight to the main dish: August 29 saw Washington crank up the pressure by axing those juicy export waivers for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix—the South Korean memory chip titans with mega-fabs in Xi’an, Wuxi, and Dalian. The US Commerce Department nixed their Vali...

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Ting here, and if you thought US-China tech drama was slowing down, buckle up—because the last two weeks have been pure cyber-chaos and trade intrigue at speeds that would make a TikTok trend look sluggish.

First up, cybersecurity. Let’s talk Salt Typhoon, the hacking group that’s got every US agency on red alert. According to Michael Machtinger at the FBI, Salt Typhoon, linked right back to Beijing, managed to infiltrate data belonging to millions of Americans through telecom networks. We’re not just talking...

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It’s Ting here, your cyber-savvy guide to the running game of digital chess between the United States and China—welcome to Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates. Let’s decode the past two weeks, because the action has been relentless, the stakes are towering, and honestly, it’s juicier than a zero-day exploit on a payday Friday.

First, cybersecurity alarms are ringing like a DDoS attack on New Year’s Eve. The US, joined by twelve allies from the Five Eyes club and an ensemble of Europea...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your Beijing Bytes insider, hacking into the heart of the US-China tech war faster than a malicious script lands in your inbox. Let’s dive right into the past two weeks, because the digital battleground between Washington and Beijing has been anything but quiet.

First up, cybersecurity drama: Google’s Threat Intelligence Group flagged a China-backed espionage campaign by the hacking collective UNC6384, targeting diplomats in Southeast Asia. These hackers didn’t just slip in through virtual windows—they compromised Wi-Fi networks, then trick...

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Welcome back, listeners, to another download of Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates. I’m Ting—your favorite cyber-sleuth with a soft spot for semiconductors and sarcasm. Let’s plug in: the rivalry has network congestion and the packets are flying!

The last two weeks in tech warfare? Whew. Even by US-China standards it’s been a bonanza of bans, cyber-scuffles, and policy whiplash. Let’s start with the silicon soap opera: Nvidia, led by Jensen Huang, is once again dancing on the razor edge between profit and...

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It’s Ting, your digital Sherpa for all things US-China cybergames, and wow—these past two weeks have been peak tech drama, with a plot twist every day. So, buckle up and let’s break down the latest episodes in the world’s most electrified tech war: Beijing Bytes style.

First, let’s get right to the juiciest leaks—cyber, of course. Just this week, CrowdStrike called out China-linked Murky Panda, also known as Silk Typhoon, after they exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler and Commvault. We’re talking zer...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your favorite byte-sized guide to all things China, cyber, and the jaw-dropping drama of the US-China tech war. Grab your popcorn, because the past two weeks have been like Silicon Valley colliding with old-school global intrigue.

Let’s plug in fast: This August, we saw AMD and NVIDIA ink a wild revenue-sharing deal with the US government, where they hand over 15% of every dollar from selling approved AI chips into China. No, that’s not a typo—the US gets a cut, like the...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your latest download of Beijing Bytes, where I serve you US-China tech war drama, piping hot and fully debugged. Let’s bypass the fluff—I know you want exploits and impact, not another loading screen.

This past fortnight has been nothing short of a zero-day bonanza. According to FireCompass’s intelligence feeds, we’ve just witnessed the most destructive week for cybersecurity in recent memory. The ShinyHunters group—those cybercrime rockstars you wish would just log off—launched a Salesforce-targeted spree, leaking a ja...

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Welcome back to Beijing Bytes, where the only thing moving faster than algorithms is the plotline of the US-China tech war. I’m Ting, your resident cyber sleuth and China tech whisperer, dissecting the last two weeks of high-stakes digital drama so you don’t have to mess with translation plugins or encryption keys.

Let’s jack right into semiconductor news, because where else do all our chips fall? In mid-July, Nvidia announced it got the green light to sell its H20 AI chip to China after...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting coming to you straight from the silicon trenches with your Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Update. If you’ve tuned in this past fortnight, grab your popcorn—because these last fourteen days have tested every diplomatic firewall and set the trade wires ablaze.

Let’s jump right in. The hot topic? Semiconductor drama! The Trump administration pulled a not-so-subtle power play, striking a deal with Nvidia and AMD to let them sell certain “old but gold” AI chips—the H20 for Nvidia, a slow...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and if you thought tech news was going to slow down in August, think again! The US-China tech war just staged its own fireworks show, and trust me, behind every spark is a server, a chip, or maybe your local water utility—so let’s dive right in.

Just days ago at DEF CON, hackers and cybersecurity pros scrambled to patch gaping holes all over American water systems. Here’s the twist: many of those breaches didn’t happen in big-city utilities but in t...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your byte-sized expert in all things China, Cyber, and Hacking, coming to you straight from the epicenter of Beijing Bytes! It’s August 8th, 2025, and let me tell you—the US-China tech war has been moving faster than a zero-day exploit on a Friday night.

First, let’s talk hacking drama. The US National Nuclear Security Administration got a not-so-friendly knock on its door from a China-backed hacker last month. Not your run-of-the-mill ransomware but a targeted cyberattack, highlighting—once again—that digital hy...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, bringing you another high-voltage Beijing Bytes. Forget trade talks over pandas and tariffs—right now, it’s microchips, machine intelligence, and some eyebrow-raising hacks driving the latest round of US-China tech showdowns.

In the last two weeks, the battle for chip supremacy has escalated, with both Washington and Beijing turbo-charging their semiconductor industries. According to Tom’s Hardware, the US has been tightening export controls on AI chips, with the Department of Justice recently indicting two Chinese nationals for trying to reroute Nvidia...

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Ting here, your byte-sized guide through the cyber labyrinth of the US-China Tech War. Strap in, listeners, because these last couple of weeks have felt like a game of Capture the Flag—except the flags are AI models, rare earths, and, oh yes, military secrets.

Let’s start with headline-grabbing drama: Last week, China's Cyberspace Administration threw accusations at the US, claiming the Americans tried backdooring NVIDIA chips and leveraged Microsoft zero-days to snoop around Chinese military networks. Nvidia, summoned like a Hogwarts student caught with forb...

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Welcome back, listeners! This is Ting with Beijing Bytes, your go-to for all things cyber, code, and clever in the ongoing US-China tech war. Settle in, because the past two weeks have been straight out of a John le Carré novel—with a dash of Silicon Valley swagger.

Let’s launch right into the big headline: the Trump administration made waves by lifting the ban on Nvidia’s H20 chip exports to China. Yes, you heard me—the same chips designed to skate just under US export re...

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It’s Ting with Beijing Bytes, and listeners, the silicon sizzle between the US and China? It’s hit new heights—and that’s saying something in August 2025. Let’s blast straight into what matters most: a torrent of cyber salvos, a clampdown on chips, and enough policy jousting to keep your SOC team sweaty.

The last two weeks have been cyber-chaos. Just today, Beijing’s Cyber Security Association accused US intelligence of hacking Chinese military companies by exploiting Microsoft Exchange zero-days. According to The Register and China’s...

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Welcome back to Beijing Bytes! I’m Ting, your digital raconteur and self-confessed cyber addict, here to zap you through the sparks and subroutines of the US-China tech war’s past two weeks—all from my bunker of screens and caffeine in Beijing. Buckle your seatbelts! Let’s byte right in.

First, cybersecurity. The US Justice Department just unveiled indictments against two Chinese hackers, Xu Zewei and Zhang Yu, who allegedly worked with Shanghai Powerock Network and Shanghai Firetech, all under the cozy wing of the Shanghai...

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Hello, cyber-curious listeners! Ting here, your byte-sized expert in all things China, hacking, and the great digital tug-of-war. Let’s short-circuit the filler—because the US-China tech war just rebooted with more plot twists than a hacker convention’s afterparty.

The big bang these past two weeks? President Donald Trump’s “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” dropped July 23, exploding onto the scene with 90+ new policy actions. Let’s be real—this is no containment shuffle. Trump kept the core export controls from the previous Biden...

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Ting here, with your fresh Beijing Bytes—US-China Tech War Updates… and friends, if you thought summer was hot, you haven’t seen what’s sizzling between Washington and Beijing right now.

Let’s talk cyber fireworks first. This past week, Chinese hacker groups like Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, flagged by Microsoft’s threat research, managed to breach the US National Nuclear Security Administration—yep, they got into the agency that keeps watch on America’s nuclear arsenal. The vehicle of choice? A freshly exploited vulnerability in...

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Listeners, Ting here, your byte-sized portal into all things China, cyber shenanigans, and the digital duels shaping our world. No time to warm up—major sparks have flown in the US-China tech war the past two weeks, so buckle up.

Let’s start hot with the breaking Microsoft SharePoint cyber drama. According to both CBS News and Microsoft, state-backed Chinese threat groups Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon breached several US government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health, by exploiting an u...

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You’re plugged back into Beijing Bytes with me, Ting—your navigator through the zeroes and ones of the US-China tech war, where the only thing more volatile than chip prices is the policy ping-pong across the Pacific. Let’s skip the boot screen and dive straight into the latest data flood.

Just this week, US agencies were scrambling thanks to the finest in Chinese hacking innovation. Microsoft and Bloomberg have named names: Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603 are all groups tied to Beijing, and they u...

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Hey listeners, it's Ting! Buckle up for today’s Beijing Bytes, where your favorite tech whisperer wraps up a wild fortnight in the ongoing US-China tech chess match. The weather in Washington is hot and steamy—and the news in cyber and semis is even hotter.

Right out of the gates: a plot twist no one saw coming. July delivered a rare ceasefire in the infamous chip war. After years of exports bans piling higher than my overdue code reviews, the US actually dialed things back. On J...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting here with Beijing Bytes, your favorite byte-sized download on the US-China tech war—served with a heaping side of cyber drama and predictive analytics. Buckle up, because the past two weeks have been pure cyberpunk chaos, strategic backflips, and boardroom palpitations from Beijing to Silicon Valley.

Let’s get to the pulse: shocker of July—Washington blinked first. On July 3rd, after months of shadowboxing, the Biden-Trump tag team axed a hard ban on exporting chip design software—yes, those precious EDA tools—...

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Listeners, this is Ting on Beijing Bytes, and wow, what a two weeks! The US-China tech war has been everything but boring — think sanctions flip-flops, hackers doing somersaults through telecom hardware, and backroom deals worthy of a cyberpunk drama.

Let’s talk hackiness first, because no tech war update is complete without some state-sponsored shenanigans. The Chinese group best known as Salt Typhoon has gone full throttle, targeting “edge” devices at major telecoms like Comcast, South Africa’s MTN Group, and South Korea’s LG Uplus since Februa...

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Listeners, Ting here, your fastest channel for US-China tech drama and cyber jaw-droppers. Let’s zip past intros—because, wow, these last two weeks packed enough plot twists to outpace a binge-worthy series.

First up, the hacking headlines. The Chinese state-backed group Salt Typhoon made a spectacular breach: a US Army National Guard unit’s network was infiltrated, with attackers grabbing communications, admin credentials, and—brace yourself—network blueprints connecting every other state and several US territories. The Department of Defense worries this could cripple state cybersecur...

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Ting here, sliding into your feeds fresh off the streets of Beijing and the digital trenches of the US-China tech war—because let’s face it, folks, things are wild and we’re all mainlining algorithms these days. Buckle up for some recent mega-moves, because over the past fortnight, Team America and Team Dragon have been playing 4D chess with our collective future.

First up, cybersecurity is not just a word you ignore when you click “I agree” on a pop-up. According to Astro Awani, while the US and...