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How China Is Building a Powerful Army of Hackers
16 minutes Posted Jun 18, 2025 at 6:57 pm.
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Teams from China used to dominate international hacking competitions, until Beijing ordered them to stop attending and take part only in domestic tournaments.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Jamie Tarabay about how tournaments are helping boost China’s cyber-espionage capabilities and what that means for the world.

Read more: Chinese Hacking Competitions Fuel the Country’s Broad Cyber Ambitions - Bloomberg

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