Chips, Spies and Server Lies: China's Cyber Army Goes Full Throttle While Beijing Bans Drones to Japan

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Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates

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

Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates offers timely and insightful coverage of the latest developments in the US-China technology competition. This regularly updated podcast explores the critical areas of cybersecurity incidents, new tech restrictions, and policy changes, shedding light on the industry impacts and strategic implications for both nations. Featuring expert analysis and future forecasts, Beijing Bytes provides listeners with a clear understanding of the ongoing tech rivalry and its global significance, making it essential listening for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and international relations.

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Chips, Spies and Server Lies: China's Cyber Army Goes Full Throttle While Beijing Bans Drones to Japan

Beijing Bytes: US-China Tech War Updates

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4 days ago

Chips, Spies and Server Lies: China's Cyber Army Goes Full Throttle While Beijing Bans Drones to Japan

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

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 got a tenfold spike—think hackers from BlackTech and Flax Typhoon probing industrial control systems to flip the switch on power plants. Hospitals? Ransomware gangs stole patient data, flogging it on the dark web in at least 20 cases. And it synced with PLA patrols and President Lai Ching-te's big moments, per the NSB report. Echoes of that December 2024 US Treasury hack by Chinese APTs via BeyondTrust? Yeah, supply-chain sneaky is their jam.

Policy shifts? China just slapped a ban on dual-use exports—like drones and chips—to Japan's military-linked buyers, per Hindustan Times today. Tit-for-tat after Tokyo's own controls on radar and circuits. Stateside, Senators McCormick and Shaheen pushed legislation to prep US markets for South China Sea flare-ups, shielding Taiwan's semiconductor lifeline.

Tech restrictions and industry hits: Nvidia's eyeing H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February from stockpiles, but Uncle Sam's Commerce, State, Energy, and Defense are reviewing sales. ByteDance is dropping 14 billion bucks on those Nvidia beasts for TikTok, Volcano Engine, and LLMs—valuation now at 500 billion post-US JV with Oracle and Silver Lake. Meanwhile, China's chip kings SMIC and Hua Hong are gobbling subsidiaries in billion-dollar deals for self-sufficiency. TSMC snagged a US license to import American tools into China fabs, keeping lines humming.

AI and robotics? Premier Li Qiang rallied Shenzhen techies on January 6 to robotize everything from factories to homes. DeepSeek's founder Liang Wenfeng dropped a paper rethinking deep learning for bigger models on the cheap, crediting Nvidia's Jensen Huang for open-source vibes. Ubiquant's LLM is smoking GPT-5.1 with fewer params, and iFlytek's pivoting to chip design.

Strategically? NYU's Winston Ma says China's AI is policy-fueled rocket fuel for 2026. Natixis' Gary Ng warns don't sleep on Beijing's EUV lithography push—national security dream. FDD's Jack Burnham flags cyber-economic warfare pre-invasion, urging US convoy drills and Taiwan resilience. With Trump-Xi visits looming, a "smart AI agenda" could cool things, per The Diplomat.

Forecast? China corners one-third of global EVs by 2030, UBS predicts, tariffs be damned. But escalating cyber ops signal hybrid war prep—US must counter with offensive cyber deterrence and ally fortification.

Whew, listeners, that's Beijing Bytes—stay sharp out there. Thanks for tuning in, smash that subscribe, and keep it locked.

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