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Mark Parker Young @markparkeryoung.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is an interesting account of how Volt Typhoon came up in a bilateral cyber dialog. I would be wary of assuming that Wang's comments here reflected a high level decision in Beijing to signal Washington. I'm a bit skeptical because Beijing probably did not view www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Exclusive | In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks

A senior Chinese official linked intrusions to escalating U.S. support for Taiwan.

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Mark Parker Young @markparkeryoung.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

this specific channel as a particularly important one. Wang is a mid-level official at MFA, and the fact that he was leading the dialog (with no mention of representation from the PLA), suggests China was mostly going through the motions on cyber issues. Diplomatic engagements led by

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Mark Parker Young @markparkeryoung.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

functional as opposed to regional departments are also more likely to generate misinterpretations of political dynamics from participants on both sides, IMO. It's certainly possible that there may have been a change in Beijing's talking points about Volt Typhoon that was reflected in this dialogue,

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