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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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