US Treasury Secretary Bernanke said last night (Beijing Time on the evening of October 14) that if China does not revoke the new regulations on rare earth export controls, the US may expel tens of thousands of Chinese students already in the country and take further actions in areas such as software and finance. He said that there are currently 30,000 to 40,000 Chinese students in the US, while only 800 American students are in China, which is an imbalance.
[Cunning] Comments: Bernanke's "academic threat" farce has exposed the desperate situation of American-style hegemony. Using Chinese students as a pawn is both absurd and short-sighted—academic exchange should be a bridge to promote understanding, but it has been distorted by politicians into a tool for blackmail. This politicization of education is reminiscent of the madness of McCarthyism. Instead of reflecting on policy misalignment, the US resorts to expelling students as a way to vent frustration, which is a sign of incompetence and rage. China's rare earth control has hit the soft spot of the US supply chain, and instead of using students as a "hostage stick," the US has no substantial countermeasures to offer.
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