Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card
China’s dominance over the critical minerals used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, industrial robotics, and advanced defense systems was not built overnight, and it won’t be easily eroded. Read More Here
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China, US de-escalate with talks, metals concession
Winning the competition remains the long-term goal of each – but meanwhile they need to ease the pain of combat. Read More Here
The Global Middle Class Has Stalled. Has It Stopped for Good?
The emerging world—lower and middle income countries alike—found China’s insatiable appetite for commodities in recent years a godsend. For the new middle class a commodity supercycle was the simplest route to plenty. If a country had commodities it benefited either from direct trade, or though persistently higher prices of nearly all industrial commodities. By meeting […]
Eyeing Rich Bounty, China In Line For Afghan Role
China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country’s vast mineral resources but concerned that any post-2014 chaos could embolden Islamist insurgents in its own territory. Cheered on by the U.S. and other Western governments, which see Asia’s giant as […]
China’s Advantage Erodes In A Key Area: Rare Earth Minerals
Two years after China limited its exports of “rare earth minerals,” unnerving developed countries that depended on them for industrial uses, production is expanding at sites outside China. And as new sources of rare earth minerals have appeared, that has meant new jobs — including in the tiny town of China Grove, N.C., where Japan’s […]
Australia’s Political Relationship With China Is Far Less Developed Than Its Economic Relationship
In Australia-China ties: in search of political trust, Linda Jakobson argues that this is detrimental to Australia’s interests because China is not merely an economic power but also a crucial political and security actor in the region. Underdeveloped political and strategic relations between Canberra and Beijing weaken Australia’s ability to exert influence regionally. Australia risks […]
Momentum Rises To Lift Africa’s Resource Curse
Across Africa, oil, gas and minerals are being discovered more often than ever before. Nowhere is the global commodities boom being felt more acutely. Over the next decade, billions of dollars will flow into countries previously starved of financial capital, Kofi Annan writes. Read Here – International Herald Tribune
As China Slows, Australia Feels The Pain
The last time Australia was mired in recession, Boris Yeltsin had yet to stand on a tank in Moscow, and the Clinton era hadn’t begun. In 1991, Australian trade with China was a modest A$3.6 billion (about the same in U.S. dollars). In the preceding decade unemployment had averaged 7.8 percent, as Australia struggled to develop tourism […]
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