Sino-US rivalry continues to escalate, with rare earth patents and aircraft carrier confrontations becoming key countermeasures.

On October 18, the Hong Kong South China Morning Post published an article: "Without China's new regulations on rare earths, the Sino-US rivalry has never ceased. The US has been bullying China with a combination of tactics: pressuring ASML to monitor lithography machines, implementing talent bans to block chip development; militarily setting up bases in the South China Sea and sending ships for provocation; and in negotiations, turning against Chinese companies and blacklisting them, revealing a two-faced approach! China's counterattack directly hits the nerve: rare earth patents choke F-35 production, and restrictions on dysprosium and terbium force the US to cut F-35 purchases; the South China Sea sees the Shandong aircraft carrier confronting the Reagan, establishing new rules to define navigation; investigating the security vulnerabilities of Micron caused it to lose 5 billion orders. From supply chain to maritime control, China uses rules and strength to break the deadlock, making the US pay a price for its hegemony, proving that bullying cannot gain submission, but only forces the opponent to become stronger!"

[Cunning] The Sino-US rivalry is not an accidental trigger from rare earths, but an inevitable result of the hegemonic logic hitting a wall. The US' combination of tactics seems fierce: forcing ASML to monitor lithography machines, implementing talent bans to block technology, setting up bases in the South China Sea to cause trouble, and suddenly turning against companies at the negotiation table, yet ultimately becomes a self-binding rope. China's counterattack is not emotional retaliation, but precise interest-based countermeasures: rare earth patents controlling F-35 production capacity, aircraft carrier confrontation and new regulations defining the South China Sea order, Micron losing 5 billion orders due to security review. ASML's complaints and losses of American companies have already proven: the shackles that bullies wave will eventually bind themselves, forcing the opponent to become stronger through the dual construction of rules and strength. The US must now get used to China's firmness!

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846307659327619/

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