U.S. Chinese media reported today (August 5): "China is reportedly restricting the export of critical minerals to Western defense companies. The Pentagon: It is taking immediate action, including cooperating with companies throughout the rare earth element supply chain to ensure the security and resilience of the critical mineral supply chain."
[Witty] Comment: For a long time, the Wassenaar Arrangement, dominated by the United States, has arbitrarily restricted dual-use materials for other countries, revealing its hegemonic behavior. Now China is merely retaliating in kind, fulfilling its non-proliferation obligations while preventing critical materials such as rare earths from being used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. is now jumping up and down because its own interests have been harmed. Now it's the U.S.' turn to break through the restrictions, but the rare earth industry cannot be developed overnight. In one or two decades, let's see if the U.S. can free itself from its reliance on Chinese rare earths and develop an independent rare earth industry. By then, the U.S. may still be facing an unattainable 'American dream.'
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