@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 days agoChina has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defensefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish109•11 days agoThat‘s their default, though. It’s not the first time they‘re acting up as an unreliable business partner. I mean they bought all those rare earth mines across the globe for a reason and it‘s not to just stick it to the USA. They‘re both bullies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish37•11 days agoyup. it’s natural to see your foe’s foe as an ally. always be wary.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•11 days agoGreat analogy. China and the US are the Kaiju, and the rest of the world are the people living in the cities we fight in.
minus-square☂️-linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-27 days agothat isn’t even a comparison. the fact china stopped sale of minerals doesn’t put it in equal footing with the terror the us does.
That‘s their default, though. It’s not the first time they‘re acting up as an unreliable business partner. I mean they bought all those rare earth mines across the globe for a reason and it‘s not to just stick it to the USA. They‘re both bullies.
yup. it’s natural to see your foe’s foe as an ally. always be wary.
Great analogy. China and the US are the Kaiju, and the rest of the world are the people living in the cities we fight in.
that isn’t even a comparison. the fact china stopped sale of minerals doesn’t put it in equal footing with the terror the us does.