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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by throwaway4good on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:30AM (#35464911)
The US wants China to retaliate tit for tat.

But China hasn't from the Huawei bans to the latest semiconductor blockade and I don't think they will do it here.

What China appears to be doing is to double down on investment in sanctioned sectors while keeping trade open. And I think they continue this strategy.

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by borissk on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:36AM (#35464965)
They may continue until they are ready to invade Taiwan. And then the US and the rest of the West will have some very hard choices to make - harder than the choices Germany had to make over the Ukraine invasion.
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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by SergeAx on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:15AM (#35465268)
This choice would be even harder, given that the US and the rest of the West are not recognizing Taiwan as an independent state. FWIW, Kosovo seems like a totally legit state compared to Taiwan.
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