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Today — 24 October 2025Main stream

With Power Move on Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lily Kuo and David Pierson
24 October 2025 at 12:08
In weaponizing its dominance over the crucial minerals, Beijing is using tactics that it once denounced, potentially alienating nations it wants to court.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with President Trump in South Korea next week. China has shown that it is ready to use its chokehold over rare earths against any country that stands in its way.
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