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iewgnem said:
It's not just China knowledge, it's a couple of other observations:
- Total lack of subject knowledge in western governments. From my experience you can never underestimate how little people know about something and the vast majority of personal interactions does not involve the need to know anything.
- Western culture trains people to only get their thinking points externally, especially boomers, they literally would kill themselves en-mass (COVID) if the TV told them to do so.
- People equate something's importance only with how many people talk about it and not based on it's objective merit.

Case in point, the fact that Dysprosium is needed in RE magnets, and that RE magnets are neodymium magnets, that neodymium magnets come in many grades and shapes, that they're critical for brushless motors are all knowledge that almost nobody knows outside engineering. When China first announced export control on Dysprosium 6 month ago it was just a single line item half way down the page, while this forum knew immediate it was huge, it's presentation and obsecureness hid the nature of that rule for almost one or two month before magnet shortage popped into news, they literally didn't know they were being starved as China's already starving them.

The fact that large number of Chinese officials has engineering background is far more consequential than most people realize, even if they at a surface level recgonize its benifits.
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What happens when you have too many non-technical people in charge.
 
9dashline

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iewgnem said:
It's not just China knowledge, it's a couple of other observations:
- Total lack of subject knowledge in western governments. From my experience you can never underestimate how little people know about something and the vast majority of personal interactions does not involve the need to know anything.
- Western culture trains people to only get their thinking points externally, especially boomers, they literally would kill themselves en-mass (COVID) if the TV told them to do so.
- People equate something's importance only with how many people talk about it and not based on it's objective merit.

Case in point, the fact that Dysprosium is needed in RE magnets, and that RE magnets are neodymium magnets, that neodymium magnets come in many grades and shapes, that they're critical for brushless motors are all knowledge that almost nobody knows outside engineering. When China first announced export control on Dysprosium 6 month ago it was just a single line item half way down the page, while this forum knew immediate it was huge, it's presentation and obsecureness hid the nature of that rule for almost one or two month before magnet shortage popped into news, they literally didn't know they were being starved as China's already starving them.

The fact that large number of Chinese officials has engineering background is far more consequential than most people realize, even if they at a surface level recgonize it's benifits.
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All of these US politicians and Western leaders can run a Deep Research AI query to figure all this out...

I think they intentionally prefer to live in collective state of delusion
 
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Trump, Xi to Discuss Lowering China Tariffs for Fentanyl Crackdown​


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If China gives up on the rare earth controls just for tariff reduction, it will be a huge loss. I hope they got concession on US chip export controls before giving up on the rare earth.

And if they dont up on the rare earth controls, i dont see a deal happening.
 
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tamsen_ikard said:
If China gives up on the rare earth controls just for tariff reduction, it will be a huge loss. I hope they got concession on US chip export controls before giving up on the rare earth.

And if they dont up on the rare earth controls, i dont see a deal happening.
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Honestly I would hold off believing anything coming from the US on the “deals”. So far basically all of the “deals” with China they have promised/stated/announced haven’t really materialised with any actual evidence of anything being agreed or done.
 
manqiangrexue

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tamsen_ikard said:
If China gives up on the rare earth controls just for tariff reduction, it will be a huge loss. I hope they got concession on US chip export controls before giving up on the rare earth.

And if they dont up on the rare earth controls, i dont see a deal happening.
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They're just talking about chip exports to throw shit around. What does China want with those? If we wanted to copy/study something, we can smuggle a small amount of it. If it's in volume, it's of no use to our indigenization drive. What do we want from them? Nothing. The rare earths are their pulse; cutting off the pulse and burying Western domination makes all of China's wishes come true. So what can they offer us for rare earths? Nothing... except to kill themselves? Just drag them along, make them think they have hope so they don't do a desperate WWIII attempt out of despair.
Randomuser said:
FFS. I really don't get how Jews and Israel are that powerful. There aren't that many of them. Now they are basically taunting us saying yes we are that powerful and you can't do a thing about it!
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1. Religious Christian "Chosen one" brainrot allows Jews to brag to Americans/Euros that they are better despite getting everything they have from the efforts of these countries.
2. Whenever something seems off and tough talk is not going well, they get out the puppy eyes with the, "B-but we suffered the holocaust."

They're just the world's best neurological parasite build always looking to use 1 and 2 to infect the strongest host. To their greatest chagrin, China is not a receptive host. Taiwan has literally nothing to learn from Israel cus they are not that same build. Fish can't teach birds to swim and birds can't teach fish to fly.
 
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Citing Biblical story, Taiwan president says Israel is a model for island's defence​


TAIPEI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Israel is a model for Taiwan to learn from in strengthening its defences, President Lai Ching-te said in remarks released on Tuesday, citing the Biblical story of David versus Goliath on the need to stand up to authoritarianism.
Taiwan has been a strong backer of Israel since the 2023 Hamas-led attack on that country which triggered the war in Gaza, though Israel, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic relations with Taipei.

Attending a Monday night dinner in Taiwan of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Lai, who has also
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conservative U.S. media in an effort to win support from the White House, said that Jewish people have suffered constant persecution over their history.
"The Taiwanese people often look to the example of the Jewish people when facing challenges to our international standing and threats to our sovereignty from China. The people of Taiwan have never become discouraged," he said, in comments his office released on Tuesday.

'VALUABLE MODEL FOR TAIWAN'​

Appeasement has never been the way to stop authoritarian governments, and the concept of peace through strength is a maxim that Israeli, U.S. and Taiwanese societies have had for years, Lai added.

"Israel's determination and capacity to defend its territory provides a valuable model for Taiwan. I have always believed that Taiwan needs to channel the spirit of David against Goliath in standing up to authoritarian coercion."
Taiwan has a de facto embassy in Tel Aviv, while Israel has a similar representative office in Taipei. There is no similar arrangement between Taiwan and the Palestinians, with whom China has a close relationship. China recognised a Palestinian state in 1988.
Lai earlier this month announced a new multi-layered air defence system called "
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" to defend itself against a possible future attack by Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as its own territory.
Lai told the dinner that T-Dome had been inspired by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, as well as U.S. President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defence shield.

"I believe that trilateral Taiwan-U.S.-Israel cooperation can help achieve regional peace, stability, and prosperity," he said.
Lai and his government reject Beijing's territorial claims. Foreign minister Lin Chia-lung
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he was not worried that U.S. President Donald Trump, who is touring Asia, would "abandon" the island.



FFS. I really don't get how Jews and Israel are that powerful. There aren't that many of them. Now they are basically taunting us saying yes we are that powerful and you can't do a thing about it!

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Strange how they use the world pariah that only exist due to the USA which is rapidly on the decline as an example of a so called strong nation. It’s like they want to be invaded and then forced to reunite with China whilst losing the sympathy of the world at the same time. Really, in The event that China takes back the island, all of these so called leaders ought to be tried for treason and be Given the capital punishment in order to ensure that no more of the nonsense ever happens again. Also this whole David and Goliath story only functions due to Goliath's arrogance amongst other times, what makes anyone think that China will act in the same stupid way other then pussies trying to delude themselves
 
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