• source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/magazine/semiconductor-chips-us-china.html
  • archive https://archive.ph/s4Xvd
  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    27
    10 months ago

    The west will defo contrive some sort of nuclear conflict rather than gracefully give up its hegemony.

    • KiG V2@lemmygrad.ml
      hexbear
      16
      10 months ago

      In this scenario we will have to be desperate saboteurs with no regard for our life or political aspirations for the country.

    • zephyreks [none/use name]
      hexbear
      8
      10 months ago

      Cuban Missile Crisis, but what if the soldiers actually believed their country's propaganda?

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
      hexbear
      8
      10 months ago

      China recently signed a deal with Russia to purchase enriched uranium. Obviously China is a nuclear power and has its own reactors and enrichment facilities, so buying more from the Russians suggests China is expanding its nuclear arsenal as well.