America's frivolous wars using daft leaders of crony states

 Let us just say the USA is really, really desperate. The Chips War is backfiring badly, and it is pushing China into a more decisive stance in developing self sufficiency, which otherwise it would not be doing, and will probably still be content to rely on suppliers in USA, Japan and South Korea. China has learnt its lesson and it is now inevitable that the situation is turning out badly for Chip makers in USA, Japan and South Korea with the Chips War.

The Chinese restrictions on Gallium and Germanium is dealing a catastrophic blow to the USA and its allies. They are scrambling to find alternatives ranging from recyling old discarded phones and computers to extract tiny bits of Gallium for which much investments will have to be set up, and turning to mining Gallium ores in Mongolia of all places. The latter attempt is a mammoth undertaking that is bound to fail.

Mongolia is a landlocked country, with underdeveloped infrastructures to undertake such a task. Moreover, China is not going to allow Tianjin Port to be leased to Mongolia, which had been under discussion for quite sometime already, which is a 'National Security Risk' to China if it allows that. The idea was to use Tianjin port to ship out the ores to South Korea or Japan to be refined.

Another more frivolous idea was to lift the ores from Mongolia out by air, which is going to cost a bomb and is clearly unfeasible. Moreover, having planes flying over China or Russia's airspace is another problem. The USA is trying very hard to use Mongolia to coax China in talks to allow the lease of Tianjin Port, which China will never agree.

Anonymous