Ting here with your fresh Beijing bites, 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 line in 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 Microsoft SharePoint. While officials from the Department of Energy assure everyone that the impact was minimal and no classified information leaked, hundreds of organizations worldwide were hit. This underscores a relentless, high stakes duel, the US fortifying its cyber defenses while Chinese thread actors continuously scout for
new doors to pry open. It's the cyber secure the equivalent of two tigers fighting on a mountain, except the mountain is full of zero days and the tigers are sleepless. The Independent now onto the silicon front lines. The US just rolled out even tighter export controls targeting AI chips in Nvidia must now get special licenses to supply even
their China focused H twenty models. This comes hot on the heels of President Donald Trump's Deregulation First AI Action Plan, which is designed to cement US dominance in AI and accelerate tech exports to allies. Meanwhile, China isn't just sitting
on its hands. Premier Lee Jiang, at Shanghai's World Artificial Intelligence Conference, unveiled the proposal for a Global AI Corporation organization think UN for AI, except headquartered in Shanghai and pointedly inclusive of the global South, to counter what they call the exclusive game of US chip monopoly. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who's practically on a first name basis with Beijing Airport staff at this point, even called China's domestic
AI chip advances formidable. The AI tech stacks are fragmenting folks into two rival blocks, each with their own standards, partners, and rules, from joint research to regulatory philosophies. WIC the Asia Group ts two. Policy wise, both economies are dancing delicately. Trade officials from Beijing in Washington are expected to extend their tariff pause another ninety days at Talks and Stockholm. This means for now the tariff status quo holds, but
behind the scenes, the sticking points remain. The US is fixated on China's overcapacity and hunger for semiconductor know how, while China wants to loosen the chokehold the US is put on its high tech sectors. A recalibration is beginning, with Chinese state planners calling for more balanced regional industrial policy so every province doesn't chase the same tech unicorn
acmp AP World Bank. The strategic implication, we're watching the steady formation of two parallel tech universes, one US LAD, one China LAD, each racing to win the AI era and shape how the world is wired and governed. Experts like George Chen of the Asia Groups say we're heading for a global alignment where allies in Belton road countries pick sides or at least hedge their bets. My take, if you're in tech security or geopolitics, buckle your seat belt.
Both nations are tossing around offers of open source AI and pragmatic cooperation on the surface, but under the hood, every move is about control of supply chains, information and digital sovereignty. That's the bite sized drama for this week. Thanks for tuning in, don't forget to subscribe for all your beaging by on the US China tech war. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot ai