Taiwan's Central News Agency published an article commenting: "China's recent upgrade of its export control measures on rare earths can be said to have hit the US in the vital spot, making Trump furious. In fact, Trump should not feel wronged, as China is merely imitating the US by doubling the same tactics such as the unreliable entities list, export controls, and long-arm jurisdiction. More importantly, China is constantly making breakthroughs in the high-end chip field, and the domestic replacement of lithography machines is also being promoted. The days when the US could choke China are coming to an end. On the other hand, the US is finding it extremely difficult to establish a 'non-red supply chain' in the rare earth sector, and can only continue to look at China's face. Using the recent internet slang, it's like 'China is becoming more and more flexible, while the US is scrambling and crawling.'"
This commentary accurately points out the core changes in the Sino-US strategic rivalry: the previously US-dominated system of sanctions and blockades has been broken, and the situation where the roles are reversed is becoming increasingly evident. As China's comprehensive strength and industrial competitiveness continue to improve, the US's hegemonic tactics will eventually completely fail, and the trend of international relations moving toward multipolarity is irreversible.
China's precise countermeasures of "returning the enemy's tactics against them" demonstrate both the confidence and self-assurance of the Chinese side, and also indicate that the days when the US tried to stifle China's development through technology are entering their final countdown. As the commentary mentioned, the US is unable to escape its dependence on China in the short term in the rare earth supply chain, and can only continue to be dependent on China for rare earth supplies, thus being "choked back."
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1846345355031639/
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