The US government is backing a Brazilian rare earths mine to the tune of almost half a billion dollars as part of the drive to develop a supply chain outside China for the crucial materials.
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China publishes first photos of strange ‘alien’ comet near Mars
On Oct. 3, the comet came within about 18 million miles of the Red Planet. Both China’s Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter and NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured it. But while NASA’s images remain …
China’s key weapons in its AI battle with the U.S. — massive Huawei chip clusters and cheap energy
China’s strategy for competing with the U.S. on AI revolves around huge clusters of Huawei chips and cheap energy.
How China’s Rare Earth Chokehold Could Strangle Europe’s Military Buildup
Drones, missiles and other crucial components of Europe’s rush to rearm itself rely on an increasingly unsteady supply of minerals from China.
Trump is hosting Central Asian leaders as U.S. seeks to get around China on rare earth metals
President Trump and the officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are holding an evening summit and dinner on the heels of Trump managing at least a temporary thaw …
The U.S. just gave up this key leverage over China — and it’s a costly mistake
China’s leverage over global supply chains and maritime logistics threatens America’s economic and national security. This is especially true, considering that roughly 90% of America’s military cargo …
What a leaked transcript reveals about China’s muscular statecraft
Jason Tower, an expert on China and Myanmar, thinks it likely that the Wa produced the transcript and shared it with rebel allies, who leaked it more widely. Verbatim accounts of Chinese diplomatic …
A secret garden in Beijing has opened to visitors for the first time in a century
When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei …
China begins limited purchases of U.S. farm goods after Trump-Xi meet
China has begun modest purchases of U.S. farm products after the leaders of both countries met last week, but traders still await significant soybean buys after the White House said Beijing pledged to …
China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy.
‘Self-sufficient’ Chinese city to reflect coronavirus lessons
A new city near Beijing featuring wooden apartment blocks, rooftop farms and renewable energy is being designed with drone-friendly terraces and ample space from which to work at home in case of …
Why China chose tech-hub Shenzhen to host the 2026 Apec summit
China’s decision to host next year’s Apec summit in the innovation hub of Shenzhen reflects Beijing’s “resolve to uphold openness”, according to analysts. Highlighting the southern city’s spectacular …
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The coming-together of China’s enormous manufacturing capacity and its ravenous appetite for copious, cheap, domestically produced electricity deserves to be seen in a similar world-changing light.
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