#CutTheClutter: ‘5 Eyes’ looks to defend Western hi-tech from ‘epic’ China spying & Xi’s AI gambit. And a spl guest

Vladimir Putin is attending the 3rd BRI Forum hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping. At the same time, the Anglosphere intelligence alliance Five Eyes has just held a public meeting, with a press conference in Silicon Valley. In Ep 1333 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks about the common theme that emerged from the two events and the evolving theatres of geopolitics. Also featuring a special interaction with ThePrint Deputy Editor Moushumi Das Gupta, just back from covering the ruinous flood in Sikkim.

 

MI5 head warns of 'epic scale' of Chinese espionage : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67142161

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Threat of Chinese economic espionage, Beijing's 'strategy' & more: Five Eyes Intel Chiefs' briefing : https://youtu.be/NEhVAP_W44Q 

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Five Eyes launches the Five Principles of Secure Innovation : https://www.npsa.gov.uk/blog/security-planning/five-eyes-launches-five-principles-secure-innovation

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Emerging Threats, Innovation, And Security | Hoover Institution : https://youtu.be/FLqDQvgxenU?si=34KE1q3DgEkP8nTK

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Xi aims higher than Mao & Deng on eve of 3rd term, obsesses on security, puts world on notice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_wDqRYgeqs

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1) How an alert ITBP jawan on duty 8 km away from South Lhonak lake raised 1st flood alarm in Sikkim : https://theprint.in/india/how-an-alert-itbp-jawan-on-duty-8-km-away-from-south-lhonak-lake-raised-1st-flood-alarm-in-sikkim/1797562/

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2) What’s a ‘moraine’, how its fall caused Sikkim’s South Lhonak Lake flood and why threat remains: https://theprint.in/india/whats-a-moraine-how-its-fall-caused-sikkims-south-lhonak-lake-flood-and-why-threat-remains/1798392/

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3) Insurance claim filed for Sikkim’s submerged Rs 13,965 cr Teesta-III hydel plant, but wait could be long : https://theprint.in/india/flood-submerged-teesta-iii-hydropower-plant-but-sikkim-govt-operator-still-owe-lenders-rs-10000-cr/1800822/

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4) If Chungthang dam is ‘substandard’, why did govt not take action, asks former Sikkim CM Chamling : https://theprint.in/india/governance/if-chungthang-dam-is-substandard-why-did-govt-not-take-action-asks-former-sikkim-cm-chamling/1803601/

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5) Power-surplus state no longer? Sikkim braces for winter after 3 hydropower plants damaged in floods : https://theprint.in/india/governance/power-surplus-state-no-longer-sikkim-braces-for-winter-after-3-hydropower-plants-damaged-in-floods/1810301/

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