BEIJING :China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to extract and separate the critical materials on Thursday, the country's latest step to protect its dominance over several strategic metals.Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into
  • u_tamtam@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    your assertion that China won’t be able to achieve this.

    Well, except I did not only NOT write that, I even wrote the exact opposite, see: https://programming.dev/comment/5899890

    Also, interpreting my messages with your ideologically colored lenses doesn’t imply that this thread invites political discourse. I’m sure you’ll find many people here willing to vent their frustrations with you in easily ignorable threads of their own.