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China is stockpiling – we must do the same
Beijing is hoarding minerals, fuel and food: a siege mindset pre-Trump or are its eyes on Taiwan?
His tariff war on Chinese exports — Xi retaliated by imposing duties on American soya beans — marked the start of a miserable phase in US-Chinese relations, the first augury perhaps of the beginning of the end of China’s long rise. Just as Vladimir Putin failed to snatch Kyiv in the early days of his war against Ukraine, so a blockade or full-scale military invasion of Taiwan will not necessarily be the quick knockout blow deemed likely in tabletop exercises. That’s the copper wiring used in guidance systems, the nickel used in the armour plating of tanks, in military batteries and aerospace alloys, the lithium used not only in the electric limos purring down our high streets but also powering China’s intelligence satellites, the antimony handy for armour-piercing bullets and night-vision goggles.
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