Commentary
Despite recent trade talks and a tentative agreement between the United States and China aimed at easing restrictions on rare earth exports, tensions remain high.
Thinking About China
Opinion
China’s Grip on the Global Rare Earth Supply Chain Comes at a Heavy Cost
It seems the Chinese Communist Party intends to weaponize rare earths.
Rare earths undergoing processing in large steel pipes are cooled off with dripping water at a factory in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, on April 21, 2011. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Wang He
Author
Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.
