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Shadow Play advanced six distinct narratives, with two dominant themes: that China is "Winning" a technology war with the US; and the competition for rare earth minerals.

Other narratives include that "The US is headed for collapse and its alliance partnerships are fracturing; that China and Russia are responsible, capable players in geopolitics; that the US dollar and the US economy are weak; and that China is highly capable and trusted to deliver massive infrastructure projects," outlined ASPI. Infosys loses fourth senior exec.

China proposes ten-minute deadline for data breach reporting.

Meanwhile Nvidia chief Jensen Huang told an audience in Singapore that his chip shop is working closely with the US government to design chips it can sell into China without violating export bans - but the US commerce secretary countered that she's not keen on vendors edging right up to the line.

She later conceded that since most AI applications would be commercial and not military in nature, the accelerator champ could and should sell chips to China.

A Belgian man found out the hard way that the US is serious about those restrictions when he was arrested for having masterminded the smuggling of millions of dollars worth of contraband tech into China and Russia.

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