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Where will they refine it?
Even MP Materials was partly owned by Chinese SOE until US gov invested into it to make it US-SOE
Looks like a couple of frigates joining the fun..
And the bombers..
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Anybody remember the Japanese complaining about Chinese fighters were irresponsibly and dangerously flying around their aircraft showing pictures of a Chinese fighter flying along one of their aircraft. Then China released a photo of a Japanese F15 doing the same to one of China’s patrol aircraft?
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Surcharge paid by the exporter? That's new. That's mean and nasty. Good strategy. US doesn't want to tell anyone they need to stay away from a conflict with China or else they'll look like the global chicken instead of the global police so they raise Taiwan's gangster protection fee higher and higher until they can't afford it and unsubscribe. Not my fault, not my problem protecting you if you don't pay the fee!
That is how imperialism is supposed to work. It is supposed to be low-key and indirect, not blatant like the stuff we read in history books. It is supposed to involve multi-billion dollar propaganda campaigns in order to promote the occupier as the savior and frame the natural geographic partners as enemies. It involves the infiltration of every aspect of a country, erasing/revising culture and history. It involves total control and monopolization of the colony's media infrastructure, which is why we never see dissent publicized despite numerous ani-US protests. It involves economic capture through financial entanglements such as heavy investments that clearly benefit the occupier while raising the prices on the population of the colony by gradually wiping out the competition and holding a monopoly on essentials such as banking like we see with SWIFT and USD state-state trade, and energy trade like we see the EU banning cheap reliable Russian energy and replacing it with far more expensive American energy. All the lobbying nonsense you talked about is part of this charade. It is there to convince unsuspecting people such as yourself that the whole thing is a real give and take alliance and not an occupation. Part of imperialism is also making it look like the occupied state wants the occupier to be there in order to protect them from imaginary enemies that don't exist. Japan is supposedly afraid of China, when it was Japan that was the aggressor. the EU is supposedly afraid of Russia, when it was the EU that invaded the USSR. It is beyond clear that the US is the main beneficiary of all these policies while the rest are supposed to always be followers and are never allowed to rise above the US. Just look at US product, it is so pathetically uncompetitive they couldn't sell it to anyone without a tank barrel pointed to their heads. They couldn't even sell it to their own people without banning the competition.
Imperialism isn't like colonialism where the occupier exerts direct control over a colony through military occupation and "settlements" like Israel is doing to Palestine. This is even more important nowadays thanks to the internet and social media, which we also see taking place in Palestine with the constant disgusting videos coming out of there causing massive blowback towards the entire West and any other participant.
Why are you engaging in a discussion that revolves around a subject you do not understand? Multiple people have presented counters to your arguments. You ignored some of them and proceeded to tap dance around facts like "Oh its cool its just lobbying. They aren't masters and these aren't slaves. They are more hawkish. The US would rather leave" and blah blah blah. Your responses are mainly an incoherent and illogical compilation of mainstream media and pro-US MAGA Youtuber narratives.
The H200 chips are meant to be a trap, but it is only a trap if China (Chinese companies) fall for it and switch back to using foreign chips only.
It can be a boon if a balance is achieved, where Nvidia chips are used as a pacing function for domestic chip companies, similar to Tesla was for domestic EV. Like Tesla, there should also be an expectation of Nvidia making the chips in China if they wish to stay long-term, helping up level domestic chips manufacturers and software developers.