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An American netizen asked an outrageous question on the largest foreign Q&A website: "Why does China restrict the export of gallium and germanium on the grounds of national security?" Is this reasonable? According to your logic, only the United States is allowed to bully China, and China cannot fight back.
As we all know, in recent years, the United States has frequently suppressed and sanctioned China, in order to curb the development of China's science and technology, after all, in the eyes of the United States, China's rise will undoubtedly affect the hegemony of the United States, so they will frequently use improper means.
As an important symbol of the country's scientific and technological development, we are currently working hard to break the shackles, obviously the United States does not want us to do this, otherwise we will not go to great lengths to impose a technological blockade on China, and in the face of US sanctions, China has not succumbed.
As a result, U.S. sanctions will only accelerate China's mastery of chip technology, and this practice will also harm the interests of both sides, as China will be forced to retaliate due to the endless repressive sanctions imposed by the United States.
Therefore, in the face of questions from American netizens, many people also commented below, among which netizens from the United Kingdom said that among gallium-related products, gallium nitride (GaN) is currently the most advanced semiconductor material in the world. It has great application prospects in mobile phone fast charging, 5G communication, power supply, new energy vehicles, LED, radar, etc.
As one of the raw materials for chips, gallium also plays a great role in other aspects, including semiconductors, solar cells, medical devices, etc., which is why many countries need gallium.
Of course, the role of gallium is far more than that, it can not only be used in daily life, but also in the military field, such as the radar in the F35 fighter jet, which is developed with gallium, so the United States will attach so much importance to this material, because it is very needed.
Today, China has the world's largest production of gallium, which accounts for more than 90% of the world's production, and germanium's production accounts for 65% of the world's total.
So what if a country like the United States or Japan could produce gallium metal on its own? In fact, of course, you can, but you'll find that the cost of making the metal is so high that even an economic powerhouse like the United States can't meet it.
After all, it was the United States that first started to suppress China, and China only resorted to such means to protect its own interests, and I think the United States should stop its suppressive policy.
First of all, this kind of policy is a loss for both sides, China has been calling for the two countries to help each other, but the United States has been insisting on going its own way, and now the United States has entered a state of madness in containing China's semiconductor and technology industries.
The United States began to unite the entire West to boycott China, and China was forced to counteract out of helplessness.
Later, netizens from Spain commented, you can ask this kind of question, which shows that China's countermeasures have begun to have an effect, and the United States is now estimated to be more anxious than China, because the United States, as a big chip country, they can't do without gallium metal at all.
In fact, China should have done this a long time ago, and the United States has gone too far with China, and in order to maintain its hegemony, they have used bad means to obstruct the development of Chinese chips.
Moreover, the United States has not brought any benefits to itself in this way, and has even lost a lot of benefits, but even so, the United States is still willing to "kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 of itself." I really don't understand why the United States would do this.
Today, China is one of the largest producers and exporters of gallium and germanium, which are key elements used in several industries such as electronics, telecommunications, and renewable energy, and restrictions on exports could lead to shortages of these materials in the global market.
And the shortage of materials will have a big problem, that is, the price will increase, which is likely to affect the R&D cost of chips in the end.
Immediately after that, netizens from New Zealand commented that there is no reason for China to restrict the export of gallium and germanium, unless someone is influencing and harming China's interests and development, and this person is the United States, and they are fighting China through sanctions.
In addition to this, the United States has also launched a trade war against China, using international trade to affect China's economy, but in terms of results, this impact is minimal, and China will not regress economically at all.
Therefore, China restricts the export of gallium and germanium, and the responsibility of the United States should not be shifted to China, because China defends its legitimate national interests in this rather uncertain world, while the United States has been harming China's interests.
In such an environment, the United States should appropriately change its attitude toward China, sanctions will not increase its own economic strength, and only by helping each other and competing in a healthy way can the country develop better.
China's restrictions on exports of gallium and germanium are a strategic adjustment rather than a disruption to global supply chains, and the move is more of a warning to remind the world of the importance of resource control and promote the global reconfiguration of industrial chains.
If China wants to make a breakthrough in the field of semiconductors, it cannot just rely on restricting exports to improve its own scientific and technological level, but also improve its self-sufficiency ability by strengthening independent research and development and production, which is the right way for China's semiconductor industry.