US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production (johnsonwkchoi.com)

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[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 8 months ago

I assume/d the purpose of the ban is/was to further destabilize of Xinjiang, just as with the US-backed terrorist attacks, which are now being used as the pretext for the ban.

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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 8 months ago

Yup, they wanted to destabilize Xinjiang economically which would help create a fertile ground for extremism.

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