How China won the rare earth race against the U.S. | About That

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China has the US in a periodic table chokeold. 17 of them really, one for each of the so-called rare earth elements found in nature. China has a monopoly on space age sounding stuff like Prometheium and gatalinium and disprosium and without which you cannot make things like today's fighter jets and submarines, smartphones and TVs, wind turbines and... Read More