minerals

China Tightens Grip on Critical Minerals

China has extended its dominance at home and abroad over critical minerals that are essential to future high-tech and renewable-energy industries. Amid intensifying geopolitical competition, Western countries are increasing...

Chinese Projects in Peru Fuel Tensions with Local Residents

China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are increasingly moving away from large infrastructure projects backed by massive state lending and towards smaller projects in electric vehicles and high-tech...

China’s Arctic Ambitions

China’s appetite for raw materials has become a source of concern from Afghanistan and Mongolia to Peru and Zambia. Now, these tensions appear to have spread to Greenland, where the prospect of Chinese encroachment...

Mongolia: Before the Gold Rush

China’s hunger for raw materials has brought double-digit economic growth to its northern neighbor, the coal and mineral-rich republic of Mongolia. But an anti-Chinese nationalist backlash has arisen in response to the...

Chinese General Calls for New Coast Guard

An outspoken senior Chinese military figure told reporters at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference this week that China should form its own coast guard to manage maritime disputes with neighboring...

China Sets Sights On Arctic Resources

As China extends its influence across the globe in an effort to secure resources to feed its hungry economy, The Wall Street Journal reports that Denmark has lent a hand to help it gain a presence in the Arctic: Denmark has made...

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