Old priorities, new contexts: The institutional roots and new developments of China's rare earth policy
Abstract
This report unpacks how Beijing has been adapting old priorities to changing internal and external contexts and fused resource control, collaboration with foreign entities, technological upgrading, and geopolitical ambition to build a system that not only shapes global supply chains but also strengthens its leverage over international actors at a moment when global dependence on these critical materials becomes a strategic vulnerability.
Fields of Study & Subjects
COVID-19
Geopolitics
Technology
Migration
Global Energy Security and Policy
Extraction and Separation Processes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- RAND Corporation eBooks
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book