Tech Diplomacy Now: Chinese and Russian attacks on Critical Infrastructure on the Rise
For over a year, China and Russia have been launching ever increasingly aggressive attacks against allied infrastructure in Europe, North America, and across Asia.
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Critical Minerals
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Quantum
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Energy and Climate
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Top News of the Week – Chinese and Russian attacks on Critical Infrastructure on the Rise
For over a year, China and Russia have been launching ever increasingly aggressive attacks against allied infrastructure in Europe, North America, and across Asia. This has consisted of cutting telecom cables, arson on factories, planting bombs on aircraft, cyber-attacks, election interference, and even assassination attempts against industrial leaders.
Key Points:
Both China and Russia appear to be conducting coordinated attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States and across Europe and Asia. The cutting of telecom cables in the Baltic Sea by a Chinese container vessel last week and the potential downing of a DHL cargo plane near Vilnius this week, offer just the latest examples.
Leaders in Europe, North America, and Asia appear to be caught flat-footed as they struggle to determine the scope and scale of these attacks, as well as develop any sort of response.
It appears that Beijing and Moscow are exploiting political weaknesses in Germany, France, the United States, and Japan, as they wage their attacks.
More on Background:
Russia’s hybrid war in Europe enters a dangerous new phase – IISS, November 26, 2024
Europe is under attack from Russia. Why isn’t it fighting back? – Politico, November 25, 2024
Cargo Plane Crash in Vilnius Raises Question About Possible Link to Sabotage – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November 25, 2024
Emerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly Concerned – NYTs, November 22, 2024
America’s Rivals Have a New Favorite Weapon: Criminal Gangs – WSJ, November 22, 2024
Chinese hackers preparing for conflict, US cyber official says – Reuters, November 22, 2024
VIDEO – Chinese Bulk Carrier Yi Peng 3 Departing Russia is Accused of Severing Two Baltic Submarine Cables – What’s Going on With Shipping, November 22, 2024
Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ – Washington Post, November 21, 2024
US intelligence warns defense companies of Russian sabotage threat – AP, November 21, 2024
Danish Navy Shadows Chinese Ship After Baltic Sea Cables Cut – Foreign Policy, November 20, 2024
Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted, sparking warnings of possible ‘hybrid warfare’ – CNN, November 18, 2024
Salt Typhoon Exploits ISP’s Achille’s Heel – National Motor Freight Traffic Association, November 15, 2024
What to Know About the Chinese Hackers Who Targeted the 2024 Campaigns – NYTs, October 26, 2024
The Rise of Chinese APT Campaigns: Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, Flax Typhoon, and Velvet Ant – Eclypsium, October 26, 2024
Russia’s suspected sabotage campaign steps up in Europe – Reuters, October 20, 2024
Latest News
Australia dumps plan for fines for social media giants enabling misinformation – Reuters, November 23, 2024
DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome in partial breakup proposal – Axios, November 21, 2024
EU warns China of ‘consequences’ if it’s found to be making armed drones for Russia – SCMP, November 18, 2024
Technology Strategy and Policy
How Mexico Missed the Nearshoring Boom – WSJ, November 24, 2024
Chamber of Commerce sees new US export crackdown on China, email says – Reuters, November 22, 2024
Amazon Questioned by Congress Over Growing TikTok Relationship – Bloomberg, November 14, 2024
How Beijing Took Control of Hong Kong’s Financial Hub—and Left the West Behind – WSJ, November 13, 2024
TikTok deletes videos related to Uyghur human rights violations – Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
A new AI scaling law shell game? – Marcus on AI, November 24, 2024
Anthropic proposes a new way to connect data to AI chatbots – TechCrunch, November 25, 2024
Wall Street's Elites Are Piling into a Massive AI Gamble – Bloomberg, November 17, 2024
Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure
Apple’s Thin iPhone Has No Physical SIMs—That Could Dampen China Sales – The Information, November 23, 2024
TikTok CEO Seeks Musk’s Counsel on Incoming Trump Administration – WSJ, November 23, 2024
Huawei to launch phone with own software in sign of China-US splintering – FT, November 23, 2024
Xiaomi taps PhonePe’s app store for India smartphones – TechCrunch, November 18, 2024
China’s smartphone makers head upmarket in European push – FT, November 17, 2024
Critical Minerals
China to tighten export curbs on critical metals ahead of Trump's return – Nikkei Asia, November 16, 2024
Why Canada could become the next nuclear energy 'superpower' – BBC, November 13, 2024
Emerging Battleground: China’s Critical Minerals Leverage in the Chip War – RSIS, November 12, 2024
Synthetic Biology
Tiny Nanopores Spark Big Strides for Synthetic Biology – SynBioBeta, November 18, 2024
Harnessing AI to Accelerate Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – ITIF, November 15, 2024
From Sequence to Function with Protein Language Models – SynBioBeta, November 4, 2024
Quantum
Quantum-Secure Blockchain: Preparing For The Era Of Quantum Computing – Forbes, November 26, 2024
3 Quantum Computing CEOs On the State of Quantum Today – Forbes, November 25, 2024
Google DeepMind develops an AI-based decoder that identifies quantum computing errors – Phys.org, November 25, 2024
Quantum AI: Harnessing the Power of Quantum Computing for AI – SCSP, November 22, 2024
Advanced Aerospace Technology
Explaining SpaceX’s Success – The National Interest, November 20, 2024
China’s 4 commercial jets unboxed: from the rebranded C909 to a futuristic C939 – SCMP, November 13, 2024
Honeywell Preparing for Comac Ramp-Up – Aviation Week, November 12, 2024
COMAC says Air China is the first customer for C929 widebody jet – Reuters, November 11, 2024
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Washington Curtails Intel’s Chip Grant After Company Stumbles – NYTs, November 24, 2024
AI’s Future and Nvidia’s Fortunes Ride on the Race to Pack More Chips into One Place – WSJ, November 23, 2024
Huawei’s Chip Advances Threaten Apple in China – WSJ, November 22, 2024
Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs – Reuters, November 21, 2024
Raimondo’s urgent mission: Leave no cash for Trump – Politico, November 20, 2024
Biden finalizes $6.6bn CHIPS Act grant to TSMC before Trump returns – Nikkei Asia, November 15, 2024
Tokyo Electron weighs China chip risk as it upgrades profit outlook – Nikkei Asia, November 13, 2024
Vietnam expands chip packaging footprint as investors reduce China links – Reuters, November 12, 2024
Energy and Climate
Developing Nations and NGOs Reject ‘Disaster’ COP29 Climate Deal – Forbes, November 24, 2024
This Battery Startup Raised $15 Billion. Then It Went Bust. – WSJ, November 24, 2024
China battery giant CATL would build US plant if Trump allows it – Reuters, November 13, 2024
Did China Sabotage Northvolt? Unraveling the Crisis Behind Sweden’s Battery Giant – The Deep Dive, September 19, 2024
Opinion and Commentary
How America’s War on Chinese Tech Backfired – Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, November 26, 2024
Will Denmark Expose Chinese-Russian Sabotage in the Baltic? – Elizabeth Braw, Foreign Policy, November 20, 2024
Thanks to AI, Apple’s China problem is only getting worse – Geoffrey Cain, The Hill, November 16, 2024
What Trump’s Win Means for TikTok – Rishi Iyengar, Foreign Policy, November 15, 2024
Scale Drones to Win the Droid Market – Mark Rosenblatt, Real Clear Defense, November 12, 2024
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