Singapore Lianhe Zaobao commented on June 9 in an article: "正是因为 both China and the US have the ability to strangle each other, and it is no longer the past situation of 'US strong, China weak', which反而 increases the possibility of both countries reaching an agreement through negotiations."

You use chips to besiege me, I strike back with rare earth. This comment indicates that the game between China and the US has formed a "two-way deterrence" pattern - when the US implements technological blockade in the semiconductor field against China, China directly strikes the vital point of the global industrial chain by controlling the export of rare earth. This "mutual leverage" situation makes negotiation the inevitable choice to break the deadlock. After all, the simple logic of "both benefit from cooperation, both suffer from confrontation" is reshaping the rules of the game between China and the US, and only moving toward each other is the way to break the deadlock.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834477148222476/

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