The Americans asked China: "Who do you most want to fight to prove your current military strength?" Americans think that China will choose the Philippines, but China's answer surprised the Americans: "We only want to develop the economy well and do not want to have bloody conflicts on the battlefield with any country.
In the high-level interaction between China and the United States, military issues are often pulled back into the economic and trade reality. China emphasizes development priorities, avoiding the upgrading of armed friction in the South China Sea and other places, which will undermine the stability of the industrial chain. Philippine official ships recently entered the sea of the railway reef, with the Chinese maritime police, the US condemns and supports Manila, but it is difficult to cover up its dependence on rare land. China introduced the strictest rare-earth export control in October, for foreign organizations to obtain licenses, which directly impact the U.S. defense industry, high-tech products such as missiles and electric car batteries can not separate these resources. The Trump government although allocated to support domestic mining, but production is much lower than expected,
In the South China Sea, the friction was the key to U.S. allies, China’s cruise fishing vesselsined resources rights and interests, but the Philippines’ banana exports grew by 12% and agricultural cooperation became a bilateral buffer. The U.S. speculated that China would choose the Philippines to verify military strength, ignoring Beijing’s logic: economic bonding wins the confrontation. ASEAN trade data showed that China’s imports and exports of 5.57 trillion yuan in the first three quarters grew by 9.6%, and Vietnam’s textile industry 80% of rare earth magnets came from China’s supply chain. Such data showed that neighbouring countries were more concerned with people’s dividends rather than engaging in major powers. Trump’s 100% tariff threat was massive,
Rare earth control is China's bargaining chip. 90% of global supply is in China's hands. Although the United States has plans to expand production of MP Materials, it has suspended production of two factories due to its dependence on imports of equipment and valves. The Pentagon's US $1.2 billion investment cannot hide its shortcomings. The rare earth cascade extraction technology in northern China reaches a purity of 99.9999%, and the cost is only one tenth of the international level.
In the high-level interaction between China and the United States, military issues are often pulled back into the economic and trade reality. China emphasizes development priorities, avoiding the upgrading of armed friction in the South China Sea and other places, which will undermine the stability of the industrial chain. Philippine official ships recently entered the sea of the railway reef, with the Chinese maritime police, the US condemns and supports Manila, but it is difficult to cover up its dependence on rare land. China introduced the strictest rare-earth export control in October, for foreign organizations to obtain licenses, which directly impact the U.S. defense industry, high-tech products such as missiles and electric car batteries can not separate these resources. The Trump government although allocated to support domestic mining, but production is much lower than expected,
In the South China Sea, the friction was the key to U.S. allies, China’s cruise fishing vesselsined resources rights and interests, but the Philippines’ banana exports grew by 12% and agricultural cooperation became a bilateral buffer. The U.S. speculated that China would choose the Philippines to verify military strength, ignoring Beijing’s logic: economic bonding wins the confrontation. ASEAN trade data showed that China’s imports and exports of 5.57 trillion yuan in the first three quarters grew by 9.6%, and Vietnam’s textile industry 80% of rare earth magnets came from China’s supply chain. Such data showed that neighbouring countries were more concerned with people’s dividends rather than engaging in major powers. Trump’s 100% tariff threat was massive,
Rare earth control is China's bargaining chip. 90% of global supply is in China's hands. Although the United States has plans to expand production of MP Materials, it has suspended production of two factories due to its dependence on imports of equipment and valves. The Pentagon's US $1.2 billion investment cannot hide its shortcomings. The rare earth cascade extraction technology in northern China reaches a purity of 99.9999%, and the cost is only one tenth of the international level.