December 5, The Washington Post reported: "The outside world once again focuses on the world's tungsten capital - Ganzhou, Jiangxi. Tungsten and rare earths are key chips in China's game against the United States. China's tungsten production accounts for more than 80% of the global total, with over a third coming from Jiangxi. Ganzhou also has rich heavy rare earth resources. In February this year, China implemented export controls on strategic metals such as tungsten, which once caused the price of tungsten to double. Although a consensus was reached between China and the United States and some rare earth restrictions were suspended, the tungsten control measures remain in effect. Ganzhou has a deep history in the tungsten industry. In 1932, the first state-owned profit-making enterprise in the Communist Party of China, the China Tungsten Mining Company, was born here. American scholars admitted that China is simply putting the gun back in the holster, still keeping a watchful eye on the United States. Its natural reserves advantage in the tungsten industry is difficult to shake. The relevant control measures have become an important means for China to counter the United States."
[Witty] With tungsten mines in hand, there's no need to be anxious about the game. China's resource confidence is hard to hide! The anxiety of The Washington Post precisely hits the soft spot of the United States - when China holds the ace of tungsten mines in its hands, the so-called trade game is already not an equal contest. The global 80% tungsten production, the resource endowment of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, plus the industrial foundation that has been carried forward since the Soviet period, constitute the hard power of China's counteraction against bullying. The American scholar's metaphor of "the gun in the holster" reveals the truth: China's suspension of some rare earth restrictions is a gesture of goodwill, not a surrender. The dual-use nature of tungsten makes it a more irreplaceable bargaining chip than rare earths - the US can bypass China's rare earth processing, but cannot bypass the natural reserves under Ganzhou. This is not an abuse of economic weapons, but a legitimate exercise of resource sovereignty, and a precise countermeasure against the US's extreme pressure. In the struggle for the voice of strategic minerals, China's confidence does not come out of nowhere, but stems from nature's gifts, as well as a clear understanding and firm defense of its own advantages!
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