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Why Washington and Silicon Valley hate (and fear) China

44 minutes Posted Feb 22, 2026 at 1:15 pm.

Cold War Two against China

(CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"

Trade war

Why China won the trade war

Critical mineral supply chain

Trump plans to restart trade war

Trump tariffs and SCOTUS ruling

Tech war against China

Chip war

AI chip supply chain

Military-industrial complex

Plans for new supply chain

Project Vault: US mineral stockpile

Japan deal with USA

Pax Silica

Critical minerals ministerial

Members of US-led Pax Silica

India

Other countries

US State Department narrative

China is the target

Big Tech corporations

Google

Public-private partnership

Under Secretary Jacob Helberg

US attacks on Iran target China

China oil imports

Geostrategic oil chokepoints

Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Malacca

Silicon Valley oligarchs

AI & crypto czar David Sacks

PayPal Mafia

Billionaires make US govt policy

AI race with China

Silicon Valley fears China

Billionaires run US government

India joins US-led Pax Silica

India's foreign policy

Non-Aligned Movement

New cold war

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The Second Cold War that the United States is waging against China includes a trade war, tech war, and now a mineral war. In alliance with Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations, the US government is trying to recruit countries into Pax Silica, a coalition to create a new global supply chain for critical minerals that cuts out China. Ben Norton explains.

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