"[Communist China's] intention is to weaponize other supply chains beyond just rare earths."
Here's an example:
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@ElonMusk, who has said he wants to add 100 gigawatts worth of solar power manufacturing capacity to the U.S., earlier this year began talks to buy machines from a Chinese company called Suzhou Maxwell.
"But in March, Chinese authorities told Suzhou Maxwell to pause negotiations with Musk’s companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and not to sell them machinery for now, according to two people working in China’s solar industry with direct knowledge of the intervention and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid government reprisal.
"There was no official “paperwork,” these two people said, but the government made its position clear. “If you really wanted to export it, you can export it. Everyone is just afraid” of future punishment, said one of the people with knowledge of Suzhou Maxwell’s situation."
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