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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by kemiller on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:14PM (#35462373)
Not anti-China, anti-CCP. China has an amazing culture with deep history and they have shown themselves to be astounding competent. But autocratic systems are self-defeating. When leadership is sound, it seems like a great idea. But because power is absolute it just takes one wrong turn to wreck everything, which is what is happening now. Under Hu, Chinas ascendancy seemed inevitable. Not anymore.
Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by seanmcdirmid on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:29AM (#35464501)
Hu Jintao was a pretty weak leader who satisfied neither traditionalists nor reformers. He opened up China for the Olympics than snapped it shut. Say what you want about Xi, but he is seen as a strong leader at least.