China's Growing Cyber Army via Hacking Contests 🇨🇳

China is using hacking competitions to grow its cyber-army. Find out what's at stake for the US and the rest of the world on the Big Take Asia podcast.

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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 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/chinese-hacking-competitions-fuel-the-country-s-broad-cyber-ambitions)

Further listening: Who Is the Mysterious Founder of China’s DeepSeek? (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-the-mysterious-founder-of-chinas-deepseek/id1746141911?i=1000709186392)

Watch, from Originals: How China Is Building an Army of Hackers (https://youtu.be/8kpnSb4yGR0?si=uovy3eV7eZ0HObfm)

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