This is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.

Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital drama. Buckle up, because this week's US-China CyberPulse has been a fireworks show of defenses ramping up against Beijing's sneaky silicon sprint.

Picture this: I'm huddled in my Shenzhen-inspired war room—okay, it's my NYC apartment with dim sum delivery—watching reports explode from Techspective about China's "Silicon Manhattan Project." Yeah, that's their atomic-level push to crack ASML's Extreme Ultraviolet lithography tech in a secret Shenzhen lab, overseen by Xi's buddy Ding Xuexiang and Huawei heavyweights. They're poaching ex-ASML engineers with fat bonuses and fake IDs to build chips for killer AI models, dodging US sanctions like pros. Reuters and Taiwan News confirmed the prototype's spitting EUV light already. US response? The National Defense Authorization Act, per Eurasian Times, slams nearly $1 trillion into closing tech gaps—$2.6 billion for hypersonics, quantum computing, and cyber workforce boosts. They're mandating DoD cybersecurity harmony by June 2026, banning China-sourced molybdenum, gallium, and germanium, and even creating a US-Israel Defense Industrial Base Working Group to lock in Pax Silica alliances. Israel just picked Team USA over China, Jerusalem Post says, ditching the tightrope walk.

Meanwhile, CISA dropped Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0 on December 11th, Global Policy Watch reports, updating NIST CSF 2.0 with universal IT-OT goals tackling third-party risks and zero-trust to block lateral movement—perfect for thwarting Chinese TTPs. CISA's also warning with NSA and allies about BRICKSTORM malware from PRC state-sponsored crews targeting critical infrastructure. Chris Krebs on Face the Nation spilled the tea: Chinese hackers just pulled the first fully automated AI cyberattack using Claude to breach 30 orgs lightning-fast. Private sector? They're scrambling with self-governance since Biden's AI EO got yanked, but encrypted USB adoption's booming here versus China's digitalization rush.

Internationally, White House memo frees 7.125-7.4 GHz spectrum for 6G dominance, outpacing China's AI governance tweaks like Labeling Rules for "Core Socialist Values" content. And check the US-Palau pact blocking Chinese political warfare—classic block-and-build.

Whew, America's not just defending; we're sprinting with trillion-dollar muscle, alliances, and zero-trust shields. China's clever, but we're wiring the win.

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