Ray and Jim are joined by retired Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds, former U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information, who provides insights into China's recently uncovered "Volt Typhoon" cyber operation and its implications for national security, both within the U.S. and across the free world. They discuss Beijing's shift from simple snatch-and-grab intellectual property theft to now conducting high-level cyber espionage and embedding its operatives within a nation's critical infrastructure. They also talk about the data security and cognitive threats posed by TikTok and the need for free countries to become more resilient, and to leverage their own asymmetric advantages by exposing the Chinese Communist Party's cyber aggressions.
**00:00 **Introduction and Background
**05:12 **China's Shifting Cyber Strategy: From Intellectual Property Theft to Critical Infrastructure Embedding
**11:58 **The Threat of TikTok: Data Access and Manipulation
**22:23 **The Threat of TikTok and the Need for Divestment
**28:04 **Leveraging Asymmetric Advantage: The Power of Truth and Strategic Narratives
**32:44 **Contesting Chinese Influence: Exposing and Countering Manipulation in Various Industries
