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Submission + - China Expands Rare Earth Export Controls to Semiconductor, Block TechInsight (reuters.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: Following U.S. lawmakers' call on Tuesday for broader bans on the export of chipmaking equipment to China, China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements, dozens of pieces of refining technology, and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users as Beijing tightens control over the sector ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The new rules expands controls Beijing announced in April that caused shortages around the world, before a series of deals with Europe and the U.S. eased the supply crunch. China produces over 90% of the world's processed rare earths and rare earth magnets. The 17 rare earth elements are vital materials in products ranging from electric vehicles to aircraft engines and military radars. Foreign companies producing some of the rare earths and related magnets on the list will now also need a Chinese export license if the final product contains or is made with Chinese equipment or material, even if the transaction includes no Chinese companies, mimicking rules the U.S. has implemented to restrict other countries' exports of semiconductor-related products to China. Developing mining and processing capabilities requires a long-term effort, meaning the United States will be on the back foot for the foreseeable future. The Commerce Ministry also added to its "unreliable entity list" 14 foreign organizations, which are mostly based in the United States, restricting their ability to carry out commercial activities within the world's second-largest economy for carrying out military and technological cooperation with Taiwan, or "made malicious remarks about China, and assisted foreign governments in suppressing Chinese companies", it said in a separate statement, referring to TechInsights, a prominent Canadian tech research firm, and nine of its subsidiaries including Strategy Analytics which were among those blacklisted.

Comment Vaccines and selection (Score 0) 209

Endogenous immunity due to selection has proven susceptible to break out biological threat events. and yet, that is how we adapt and adjust to the ever-changing biome.

pandemics prove this. the remaining members of the species are fitter, largely or wholly immune to the once-virulent pathogen.

vaccines abandon this sliding window of pathogenic fitness updates. in return they offer a house of cards scenario where multiple pathogen keys are able to attack multiple vector points simultaneously. all because selection is withheld for multiple pathogens across large populations.

hopefully natural selection and evolution are false models. if not, our species and some others we hide from selection processes with vaccines are due for a cumulative genetic update.

Comment Re:Not the first (Score 1) 432

by Dread_ed (#65105057) Attached to: Donald Trump Is Sworn In as 47th President

Fascism is marked by inordinate cooperation between government and corporations, arguably against the will and wellbeing of the people.

It noticed this has been the case in America since at least the industrial revolution. It has been getting worse as of late. Ask Zuck.

Please update your notes.

Comment Real inflation and the theft of wages (Score 2) 54

by Dread_ed (#64460977) Attached to: Nearly 50% of People Are Considering Leaving Their Jobs In 2024

Wages are lagging behind inflation, and real inflation is drastically underreported.

Corporations and employers are making out like bandits right now because labor costs have not gone up but sales prices for goods have.

The people are feeling the pinch, and blaming everyone except their employers.

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