July 18, 2025
Robyn Mak joined Reuters Breakingviews in 2013. Previously, she was a research associate for the Global Policy Programs at the Asia Society in New York
In January, Bloomberg reported that Chinese officials had "verbally encouraged" local governments and regulators to curb technology transfers and equipment exports to India and Southeast Asia
Thanks to decades of state-led investment, China has a stranglehold on the supply chain for rare earths, a group of metallic elements vital to consumer electronics, electric-car batteries, missile guidance systems and more
