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I feel for India to rise, China and US attention should be focused elsewhere. They should be occupied elsewhere. China rose because US got tied up in Afghanistan and Iraq and then entirety of Middle East. For us to rise, we need to shift the strategic focus of China and US elsewhere. Most favourable will be in a costly foreign insurgency like Russian Invasion of Afghanisthan, US invasion of Afghanisthan. Russian invasion of Ukraine etc etc.![]()
Rare earths are not rare: Chinese move can backfire
China's export controls on rare earth elements, crucial for various industries, have sparked global concern, particularly in the electric vehicle sector. While China dominates rare earth mining and refining, this strategic move to weaponize these resources is incentivizing other nations to...m.economictimes.com
China's a gift like Paxtan which keeps on giving. Had they been more pragmatic about their goals , concealed their aims & restrained themselves from whatever they're doing now till the 2040s , I'm confident there'd be no power on the face of the earth which'd have prevented the re unification of Taiwan & there would be a good chance it'd be completely peaceful or China's rise to be a super power or even the sole super power.
That's how badly the US has handled the post Cold War post collapse of the Soviet Union era.
Alas ! Fate had other things in store.
Unless we cause conditions that will tie them up, they will try their level best to tie us up in a costly long protracted war with Pakis or Bangladesh or even try to destabilise Afghanistan or central Asia to push terrorists into Kashmir.