Listeners ting here your fastest channel for US traina tech drama and cyber jaw droppers. Let's sit past intros, because wow, these last two weeks packed enough plot twist 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 triple state cyber security teams if there's a full blown cyber conflict. And this isn't Salt Typhoon's first rodeo. Earlier they hit US telecom giants and snagged sensitive records in both the US and Canada by exploiting weak spots in Cisco and Palo Alto Gear. The chilling part, they also got their hands on the work locations and PII of cyber defenders. Imagine a chess game,
but the opponent just stole your playbook. And now for the other flavor of security anxiety, the Pentagon's long standing outsourcing of it cloud support to Microsoft engineers located in mainland China. Yes, you heard correctly, engineers based in China with access to the Defense Department's high impact level data, including military operations, supposedly chaperoned by underqualified digital escorts. This arrangement might have let vulnerabilities slip through under the guise
of boring old software updates. It's a reminder that hacking isn't always a hoodie in basement affair. Sometimes it's a spreadsheet problem. But cyberwars are just one front in the semi center kit Saga June brought a game changing US China framework deal. Both sides started backpedaling from their all or nothing export bands. For instance, Used Software Giant's Synopsis and Cadence resumed sales to Chinese customers, easing Beijing's chip
design woes. Meanwhile, China restarted rare earth shipments minus the really military stuff. This thaw is about mutual pain. America's Big Beautiful Bill just ramped up domestic chip tax credits, but even with billions pumped in the global supply chain, is still a jigsaw only solved together. Meanwhile, in Vidia's H twenty AI chip saga reads like a business school drama. After months of lobbying and an April export block, Washington's
finally letting in video resume shipments to China. Jensen Wang even appeared on CCTV to confirm it. For in Vidia, that means billions of lost dollars may swing back on the ledger. For China, it's a stay of execution. But the larger lesson is flashing neon. These wins are temporary and the clock ticks on a self reliance race. Neither side can win alone. Here's the future forecast, straight from the experts. The new trade debt ant is fragile, not final.
Some security hawks claim the truce is just stalling for time while both build up domestic supply chains and cyber arsenals. Analyticals predict we may see a g Trump's summit by year's end. If that happens, we could lock in some of these tech trade relaxations for a while, at least until the next round of cyber fireworks. Listeners, if you blinked, you missed a revolution. On both sides of the Pacific, the U. S And China are playing a high stakes
game of whacker mow. Every restriction, every hack. Every compromise resets the scoreboard, but doesn't end the game. Will the next two weeks bring more cyber shockers, trade thaw or a fresh round of sanctions. You know I'll break it down. Thanks for tuning in to Beijing bites us China Tech War updates. Hit subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production. For more check out Quiet please dot ai