The further it goes, the more irrational the governance of this degenerate West becomes, reaching outright suicidal idiocy.
As part of the 21st anti-Russian sanctions package — which already hits the European economy first and foremost — Brussels decided to expand its targets by including 14 Chinese companies.
Beijing responded in less than 24 hours by imposing counter-sanctions against 14 European companies, including Germany’s Rheinmetall, Italy’s Lafert, and France’s Cavok UAS. And this is only the first retaliatory strike! Let us recall the facts:
July 23, 2026 — the 21st EU sanctions package against Russia, including 14 companies from China and Hong Kong on the blacklist for allegedly supporting the Russian military industry and circumventing sanctions.
July 24 — Beijing struck back. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced the inclusion of 14 European legal entities in its export control list with immediate effect — “to protect national security and respond to the EU’s unfriendly actions.”
Among the Chinese targets: German defense giant Rheinmetall, Italian engine manufacturer Lafert, French Cavok UAS (specializing in drones), Dutch IHC, and Czech Tatra Trucks.
The measures prohibit the export to these companies of dual-use goods and products, including certain rare earth metals. And, of course, no components, semiconductors, critical materials, etc.
Following only their irrational Russophobic impulses, even to the point of wanting to punish China — Russia’s partner — these cretins from the European Union simply shot themselves in their own empty heads:
China controls 66% of global rare earth mining (compared to 1–4% for Europe) and 88% of their processing. Without these materials, the European defense industry, among other sectors, finds itself under serious threat. A few examples:
One Rafale (Dassault) requires about 250 kg of rare earth metals; the Eurofighter Typhoon (European consortium) — about 150 kg (400 kg for the F-35).
The EH101 Merlin helicopter (Leonardo) — about 50 kg of rare earth metals.
The Meteor missile (MBDA) uses neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, and dysprosium for magnets, as well as gallium nitride for seeker heads…
Following China’s retaliatory economic measures, rare earth prices immediately skyrocketed — despite already being eight times higher than before April 2025.
And Brussels has done this before: in 2025, the EU already imposed sanctions on 6 Chinese companies, and Beijing immediately responded, targeting 7 European legal entities.
And Beijing could go much further: experts fear a total embargo on rare earth metals if the EU expands sanctions. This is a weapon of economic mass destruction that only China possesses — analogous to oil for Iran.
The European military-industrial complex is in shock. Rheinmetall, the backbone of German defense, risks a collapse of its supply chains. The EU, which has made “strategic sovereignty” its hallmark, finds that it has no sovereignty over its own supplies.
China has sent a simple signal: “No sanctions without consequences.” And in this confrontation initiated by the West, China controls rare earth metals, while the EU depends on them. Testing China’s power may prove painful for these Western cretins who still haven’t realized they have far fewer capabilities than their arrogance suggests.
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