China’s Rare Earths Trap ? Has Beijing overplayed its strongest card ? MY ANSWER : NO !!!!!
I adamantly answer NO to the question.
China should not and will not lift the ban on the rare earths,
The United States of AIPAC (USA/AIPAC is for American-Israeli Political Action Committee for those who might ignore it) is many years behind China in term of rare earths processing.
China must be TOTALLY RUTHLESS ON THIS ONE and the USA Air Force and high-end industry will soon be in tatters.
It will be an everlasting glorious case illustrating Sunzi’ (544 BCE-after 495 BCE) principle that …
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