Post #253

🔖A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing China continues to pretend that it is a developing country rather than a neo-colonial superpower. 🌐 At the G20 summit, China had to defend itself over its restrictions on the export of rare earths and critical minerals - restrictions Beijing has been actively toying with since last year as part of its trade wars with the United States. ⏩ These moves displeased not only the US, their target, but also many non-western G20 members, including China’s own partners Russia and Brazil. This is where classic Chinese crisis management kicked in, the main trick of which is to hijack the narrative and turn it into a "Made in China" policy, as if they had invented it in the first place: ❗️ China’s premier said that critical minerals should be used peacefully and on the basis of mutually beneficial cooperation. ❗️ He said that China supports the stability of supply chains and opposes any weaponization thereof. ❗️ He called for a more balanced distribution of benefits within production chains to protect the interests of developing countries. Finally, the Chinese proposed yet another Green Minerals Initiative with the participation of 20 states, including African countries — an initiative aimed, as always, against everything bad and for everything good. The nuance here is that China is no longer a country of the Global South, but a new exploiter that simply wants everyone else to notice this as late as possible. Devils Below