The fact is the USA and Nato already stole most of the
land that were under the former Soviet Union's control before its
collapse in 1991.
Gorbachev, viewed as a weak leader, was
tricked by the West into believing that Nato would not seek to expand an
inch of its territory closer to Russia. They blatantly did and they
expanded and took over all the satellite states of the former Soviet
Union that included Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Cezch
Republic, Yugoslavia and East Germany. They claimed there was no
agreement made in writing to prevent Nato expansion towards the Russian
border. Will written agreements even be acted upon I wonder?
Putin
was not going to fall for that, and when Nato dangled the carrot in
front of Ukraine, Zelenskyy the stooge installed by the West, wanted
Ukraine to join Nato, which was the 'Red Line' that Putin had
designated. The purpose of installing Zelenskyy into power in Ukraine
was all to facilitate this move by Nato, orchestrated by the USA.
As
I always say, the USA and the West dislike strong leaders like Putin,
Xi, Kim, ex Cambodian leader Hun San, and the military leaders in
Myanmar and Thailand. The USA could not have any opportunity to effect a
regime change in those countries. However, the USA and the West always
works the ground for that, using the CIA and USA sponsored NGOs like NED
to carry out its ground softening move. They succeeded in Pakistan,
managing to buy over the military, administrative and executive arm of
the Government. They are now moving towards India and Vietnam, not to
mention the Pacific Islands. Xi is visiting Vietnam soon.
Strong
leaders like Xi prevented chaos in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, all
engineered by the USA to create instablity for China and soften its
underbelly. It all failed to materialise, and the next step for the Evil
Empire was forming alliances to confront China on all sides.
Fortunately, Russia is not in its grasp, otherwise China would be in
serious trouble looking after its North Eastern Border as well.
Mongolia
is still largely neutral, although the USA had eyes to pull Mongolia
into its orbit and control to give China trouble in its Northern Border.
The USA tried to use development of Mongolia's rare earth strategy,
hoping to lure Mongolia into its vile agenda. Thankfully, China had the
upper hand in putting paid to all the wasted effort.
Anonymous
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Now I understand why Joe Biden went to Vietnam recently. It seems that Vietnam has the world's second largest rare earth reserves still to be exploited, and is thinking of reopening a dormant mine for rare earth extraction, said to be to counter China of course. That must be music to Biden's ears. Joe was there in Vietnam recently and we now know why. It was not cementing ties as he spouted. It is looking after the USA's interest, clear and simple.
However, extraction of the ore is not difficult, and rare earth ores are abundant in most countries. The real problem is processing them into useful elements, which China is the world's largest processing hub. Setting up processing plants in most other countries will be a very costly matter. Even the USA is said to be using China to process part of its rare earth, knowing that China produces the best quality rare earth elements. Wonder whether this is still being done. Of course they can find investors to set up processsing plants, but at what cost and how long will it take.
Why is China not really rattled by all this? Mongolia is now out of the agenda for the USA and South Korea, having no means to move the rare earth ores out to South Korea for processing. Where will Vietnman's rare earth be processed in the near term is the question? China is not going to do it as that would run counter to its plans. China is going to let them set up expensive processing plants and produce costly essential elements. The next problem is for them to crack their heads on how to compete with China. Who has outcompeted China over the years in every economic endeavour?
Remember that China now controls the biggest rare earth reserves and produces the purest rare earth elements. China is also reported to have succeeded in finding a new method of extracting essential elements from rare earth ore, that is said to be much much cheaper and cost effective than using conventional methods. This is a game changer.
Now, why is China not rattled by what is happening in Vietnam? Since China controls the world's output of rare earth elements, China can dictate the market for such products. In the past the West had tried ways and means to force China to lower its rare earth element prices, attempting to kill China's rare earth industry. Any new competitor going into the industry has to face the consequence of China making a similar move to kill them off, forcing such competitor's pricing impossible to counter China's. What then would all those multi billion dollar investments reap in return? Investors are not going to invest in expensive processing facilities with uncertainty, knowing the pitfalls of taking on China's total control of the market.
Any country that comes close or touches the USA plague is suffering today. Germany, and the EU countries are not going to enjoy the snow this winter for sure.
Kishida, with all the problems facing Japan, is relatively quiet recently - the shortage of rare earth elements for its semiconductor industry, the now out competed motor vehicle industry, the decapitated seafood industry, and the Yen reaching for banana status. Kishida can continue with Japan's formula of 'stimulation', but it will be an exercise in futility. Follow the USA and do what the USA says, and Japan will die for the USA without a word of thanks.
Yoon is not as gung ho as you can imagine, with Samsung suffering a massive profit dive with lay offs in the pipeline. What is even more worrying is the rare earth export control by China, which Samsung and other semiconductor establishment is going to face. Following the dictates of the USA is indeed fatal.
As chip manufacturers like Samsung and Hynix stagnate, Chinese chip makers are having a good spell, with a couple of them snatching contracts under the void left by them. Indeed it has been a blessing in disguise for these Chinese chip makers. Chinese tech companies are all supporting domestic chip makers and supply chains. This is Chinese patriotism that is a trait long establised when oversea Chinese were supporting the motherland against the Japanese during the war.
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