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
  • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    The pot is boiling, the countdown is starting.... We will see how long more until they hit Taiwan.

    • duderium [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Not sure I blame them, given that Taiwan has been occupied by fascists for decades.

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        8 months ago

        Partner's parents are from Taiwan, and the stories they tell of growing up during the White Terror and martial law period are some straight up yeonmi-park shit. I never really really asked them more though, because theyre both highly cruel and fucked up individuals who's kids were happy to get away from them.

        • duderium [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          Are you me? My partner is from South Korea, and her parents grew up under a fascist dictatorship and were literal slaves (one is a small business owner now, the other is basically his live-in domestic servant). They’ve actually been really nice to me but they abused their kids pretty severely. My spouse likes them (from a distance—she has a harder time with them in person), refuses to go to therapy, and is basically a Berner who hates China. Other than that she’s pretty cool though.