SCMP Economy4/30/2026TechChina
US Accused of Inadequate Response to China's Data Harvesting Campaign
Advisory committee hears China building AI-enabled intelligence architecture that could prove critical in conflict over Taiwan
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- A US congressional advisory committee heard experts testify that China has built a state-driven campaign to harvest American data and weaponize it as a strategic asset for potential conflict with the US, including over Taiwan.
- Experts told the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission that Washington was falling short in countering Beijing's data-collection drive, warning that China treats data as a strategic resource and has assembled an ecosystem enabling industrial-scale cyber operations.
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A US congressional advisory committee heard experts testify that China has built a state-driven campaign to harvest American data and weaponize it as a strategic asset for potential conflict with the US, including over Taiwan. Experts told the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission that Washington was falling short in countering Beijing's data-collection drive, warning that China treats data as a strategic resource and has assembled an ecosystem enabling industrial-scale cyber operations.
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