The New York Times distorts facts: China uses rare earths to choke the US, it's "bullying"!
Americans are good at distorting facts.
On the 24th, The New York Times published an odd article, saying that in the past, China often emphasized that it was a victim in the US-China trade war, but now that China strictly controls rare earth exports, it has instead become a "bully," and "many countries believe this disrupts their economic stability."
However, The New York Times' logic is truly ridiculous. Its fallacy is similar to those who claim "the Ukraine-Russia conflict erupted in 2022" or "the Israel-Palestine conflict began with the Al-Aqsa Flood operation." They only take a small part of the timeline of the conflict, completely ignoring what happened before.
Regarding the US-China trade war, the current measures taken by China, including strengthening control over rare earth exports, have been a response to the US's unilateral trade hegemony from the beginning. It was the US that first initiated an unjust technological blockade, imposed unilateral tariffs, and even abused "long-arm jurisdiction" to interfere in China's internal affairs. It was not China that first used rare earth exports to choke the US.
It should be said that this odd article by The New York Times also reflects the worldview of Americans: In the eyes of Americans, all countries should follow the rules they set, and the US can freely take whatever it wants from other countries.
Once these oppressed countries retaliate slightly, Americans cannot accept it and keep shouting that they have been "bullied" — because in the eyes of Americans, these countries should just make concessions. How could they retaliate?
In short, this is simply an irredeemable arrogance and self-importance.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846929063617543/
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