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Step 1: Invade Venezuela. Step 2: Get their oil. Step 3: Use the Navy to cut off all global oil imports to China. Step 4: ???????? Step 5: Profit (hexbear.net)

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This is coming from the Financial Times, so this is what the serious, sane capitalists actually believe. Xi, please, you have to see what's happening, right? xi-button

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No. To my knowledge the controls for rare earths were only lifted for non-military use. This was reported in the media as "rare earths restrictions lifted" but is misleading.