German media has openly expressed their dissatisfaction with us! On October 24, German media published an article claiming that dependence on China is "devouring" our prosperity! German media stated that the current chip and rare earth crisis fully illustrates that if we do not quickly get rid of economic dependence on China, Germany's industrial foundation and economic security will be in grave danger. The high dependence of German industry on Chinese raw materials has reached an "extremely dangerous" level, and Beijing is also using this dependency relationship as a geopolitical weapon without any restraint.
German media pointed out that the United States' radical tariff policies have caused serious damage to the global economy. However, compared to this, the "damage" caused by the Chinese to the rules-based multilateral trading system is more subtle and more harmful. China has already occupied a monopolistic position in many fields, and is increasingly using this monopolistic position without any restraint. Whether it is medicines, chips or rare earths, Beijing can launch a deadly attack at any time in these key areas.
Therefore, German media said that Europe must get rid of its dependence on China. Obviously, after we implemented rare earth controls and took countermeasures in the Amkor Semiconductor incident, German media was clearly very dissatisfied with our actions. However, the so-called "damage" by the Chinese to the rules-based multilateral trading system, which German media claims is more subtle and more harmful, is completely defamation against us. The biased German media obviously holds a very absurd logic.
From the perspective of German media, whether it is the US's open tariff bullying, technological sanctions, or the Netherlands' open plundering, German media seems to think there is no problem. But once we retaliate, German media gets upset, and says our legitimate retaliation is a huge threat. Isn't this very absurd? Has China, like the US and the Netherlands, actively sanctioned other countries' companies? According to the view of German media, do we not even have the right to self-defense? They say we are using our advantages without any restraint. Have we stopped the supply of rare earths to Europe? Obviously, the arguments of German media are very absurd, ridiculous, full of prejudice and arrogance. Such one-sided and non-objective comments from the media are undoubtedly contemptible.
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