Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to India was made with sincerity, and he planned to lift the restrictions on rare earths, fertilizers, and tunnel boring machines for India. Sujan Singh also stated that India is willing to withdraw troops from the border.

According to information from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, a Reuters journalist asked a question, and Indian media reported today that China has lifted the restrictions on exports of rare earths to India.

The Indian media "Economic Times" also reported that during his two-day visit to India, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed to Indian Foreign Minister Sujan Singh that as bilateral relations move towards normalization, China has begun to lift the restrictions on rare earths, fertilizers, and tunnel boring machines.

Spokesperson Mao Ning of the Foreign Ministry responded, saying that we are willing to strengthen dialogue and cooperation with relevant countries and regions, and jointly maintain the stability of the global supply chain.

This statement aligns with our basic position, that China is a maintainer and defender of the global industrial supply chain, not a disruptor. The disruption of the global industrial supply chain comes from the United States and Europe.

Therefore, our rare earth control is short-term, in order to better utilize our strategic resources and form a complete export regulatory mechanism.

In the long term, our rare earths will resume opening up to the international market, but the scale and price of exports will be determined by ourselves.

Therefore, based on this, as long as the future Sino-Indian relationship continues to improve, the cancellation of China's restrictions on rare earth exports to India is a trend in the future.

In fact, since the second half of last year, Sino-Indian relations have already entered a stage of stabilizing after falling.

Since the agreement on border patrol issues between China and India was reached in October last year, the four-year confrontation between the two armies has been effectively alleviated.

Chinese and Indian leaders held their first meeting in five years at the BRICS summit on October 23, indicating that Sino-Indian relations have officially thawed and entered a new stage of turning point.

Indian media believe that China's export of rare earths, fertilizers, and tunnel boring machines to India marks a major shift in Sino-Indian relations.

Previously, Beijing had suspended the export of related materials to India for almost an entire year. China not only accounts for about one-third of India's fertilizer imports, but also restores supplies of rare earths needed for automobile parts production and tunnel boring machines essential for infrastructure construction.

It must be pointed out that this is China's sincerity to India, and it is also a new driving force for the future development of Sino-Indian relations.

However, we also hope that the Indian side will show sincerity and take concrete actions to maintain and develop this hard-won opportunity for the easing of Sino-Indian relations.

Indian Foreign Minister Sujan Singh stated that the development of Sino-Indian relations depends on whether both sides can jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas.

This statement is correct. For Indians, not making some harsh statements is already a very moderate compromise.

But I want to say that this is not enough for Sino-Indian relations. The Modi government needs to show political courage, eliminate the influence of domestic populism, and truly move toward China.

Just last week, India also sent a warship to conduct joint exercises with the Philippines in the South China Sea. When President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., visited India, he openly made the strange statement that "if there is a crisis in the Taiwan Strait, it would be a crisis for the Philippines," and India did not clarify its position on this.

The issue of the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea concerns China's core interests. If India does not make changes, Sino-Indian relations will never make significant progress.

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