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Heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbium power EVs and military weapons, but China's export cutoff may be permanent as supplies dwindle at home.

When Western firms pull production out of China or buy fewer parts from there in order to be less dependent on the country, this is called decoupling or de-risking. And you would think that China ...

British Prime Minister Kei Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their summit meeting in Beijing, China, Jan. 29, 2026. Credit: Facebook/ Keir Starmer British Prime Minister ...

People in the West say they must avoid a new Cold War without realizing that they are already in one – and China is winning. Qin Hui, professor emeritus of history and economics at Tsinghua University ...

The future that science fiction writers once warned about — autonomous systems deployed against the U.S. — arrived overnight. China has proven it can use artificial intelligence to hack into American ...

In his essay “The West’s Last Chance” (January/February 2026), Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, correctly divines the future trajectory of world order. “The global South,” he writes, “will ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the ...