Any restriction that China places on a country we are allied with, we should place on them 2x immediately. Not after weeks or months or years. Just a automatic "Fuck you" button. Archive: https://archive.today/6fSFr From the post: >>China has begun choking off exports of rare earths and rare-earth magnets to Japanese companies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, following Beijing's tightening of export controls on dual-use items. The rare earth export restrictions are the latest move by China amid an escalating diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks in November on a Taiwan contingency. Her comments suggested Japan would act in the event of coercive measures against Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island that Beijing views as its own territory.