It's been a troubling week in China's relationships with the rest of the world and there's no sign things are getting better. The US has announced sweeping trade tariffs against Chinese technology exports, Microsoft is giving key engineering and cloud staff the opportunity to get out of the country while they still can, and the world + dog is concerned that the Chinese state may be sponsoring the largest computer espionage operation the world has yet seen. Lest we be accused of anti-Middle Kingdom bias it's almost certain the US is hacking back, and the rest of the world are no angels, but there's something disturbing about having the world's possibly upcoming superpower just rewriting the diplomatic rulebook. You can see the full conversation below
For this latest The Register's Kettle, Jessica Lyons explains the security threat from China, Brandon Vigliarolo covers the bizarre case of an American nuclear missile base blocking a Chinese coin mining operation, and Tom Claburn adds his experience to the debate, hosted by Iain Thomson.