america has decided that the chinese do not need high tech computer chips .. so there are all sorts of sanctions against the chinese getting them ...
lol lol - but the chinese have an ace up their sleeve
China curbs critical metal exports in retaliation for Western restrictions on chip industry...
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3226430/china-curbs-critical-metal-exports-retaliation-western-restrictions-chip-industry
and also from MoA
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/07/punishing-sanctions.html#comments
Gallium and germanium are used in lots of electronic components. AESA (active electronically scanned array) radars used on modern warships and fighter airplanes can not be made without those metals. China produces some 95% of those available on the global market.
