China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech

Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by kelnos on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:46AM (#35466613)

I don't care what "the US" is in this context. I care about myself and the people close to me. And I don't like what life might look like if China were to become #1 and be able to dictate even more about our lives than it already does.

The US and other Western countries are far far far from perfect. They suck in many ways. But I much prefer the West's values over that of the Chinese government's, as flawed as they might be.

Certainly another potential global hegemon could be better for the world than the US (or, perhaps, no hegemon at all). But IMO China ain't it.

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by foverzar on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:32AM (#35469760)

> to dictate even more about our lives than it already does

What exactly does China dictate about your lives?

I see people treat this like a fact, but there doesn't seem to be an incentive for China to instill its "way of life" outside of it, does there? So far this seems like a totally western outlook on external politics.

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by whinenot on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:59PM (#35472825)

>What exactly does China dictate about your lives?

Extra-territorial policing might be a good start to the list.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63671943

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by lazyeye on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:02PM (#35477513)

Ask Hong Kongers

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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by hnfong on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:58AM (#35480669)

Are you or the OP in or related to Hong Kong? Because I don’t see how that’s relevant.

(Posted from Hong Kong)

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