shockedcanadian
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America used to be the leader in mining of rare earths but America allowed communist China to dominate them. No wonder China wanted Hillary to win. Why would anyone do this? It's amazing really. The West is destroying itself and China is happy to help the demise. Op-Ed: How The Clinton Administration Allowed China To Rob America of a Critical Natural Resource - Queens Gazette
“The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths,” Deng Xiaoping the “Supreme Leader” of China proudly and defiantly stated to America and to the world back in 1992. With China justifiably receiving world condemnation for its role in starting and spreading the coronavirus Xiaoping’s 8 words might sound even more ominous today than they did then.
The Rare Earth’s to which Xiaoping was referring are known in the scientific community as Rare Earth Elements (REE’s). REE’s are composed of a set of 17 complex elements, all of which are essential components of the products manufactured by America’s 4 most important industries- high-tech, pharmaceuticals, defense and energy; and incredibly, China now controls 80% of REE’s sales to America, and throughout the world.
It might come as a shock to the millions of Americans who regularly purchase such modern high-tech items as computers, Hi-definition- flat screen televisions, iPhones, iPads and laptops that the Chinese control 80% of the rare earth elements required to make these products. In other words, while it was American scientists, entrepreneurs and workers who helped build these products, it is the Chinese through their control of REE’s who have reaped the billions of dollars of profits derived from the components used to make them.
It might come as even more of a shock to the men and women who serve in the American armed forces that the Chinese possess (once again) 80% of the REE’s used to develop such essential military equipment and weaponry as night vision goggles, guided missiles, fighter jets and SONAR systems. In other words, the American armed forces are dependent upon China, widely viewed as our nation’s greatest military threat, to defend our nation in the event that Communist country launched an attack upon our homeland.
Op-Ed: How The Clinton Administration Allowed China To Rob America of a Critical Natural Resource
“The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths,” Deng Xiaoping the “Supreme Leader” of China proudly and defiantly stated to America and to the world back in 1992. With China justifiably receiving world condemnation for its role in starting and spreading the coronavirus Xiaoping’s 8 words might sound even more ominous today than they did then.
The Rare Earth’s to which Xiaoping was referring are known in the scientific community as Rare Earth Elements (REE’s). REE’s are composed of a set of 17 complex elements, all of which are essential components of the products manufactured by America’s 4 most important industries- high-tech, pharmaceuticals, defense and energy; and incredibly, China now controls 80% of REE’s sales to America, and throughout the world.
It might come as a shock to the millions of Americans who regularly purchase such modern high-tech items as computers, Hi-definition- flat screen televisions, iPhones, iPads and laptops that the Chinese control 80% of the rare earth elements required to make these products. In other words, while it was American scientists, entrepreneurs and workers who helped build these products, it is the Chinese through their control of REE’s who have reaped the billions of dollars of profits derived from the components used to make them.
It might come as even more of a shock to the men and women who serve in the American armed forces that the Chinese possess (once again) 80% of the REE’s used to develop such essential military equipment and weaponry as night vision goggles, guided missiles, fighter jets and SONAR systems. In other words, the American armed forces are dependent upon China, widely viewed as our nation’s greatest military threat, to defend our nation in the event that Communist country launched an attack upon our homeland.
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