Mary Hui
Quartz
Hong Kong
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The West is trying to cut China out of rare earths—and China is noticing
China is facing heated competition as the US, Europe, Australia, and Japan collaborate on rare earths → Read More
By 2028, Australia will make as much money exporting lithium as thermal coal
Canberra says global demand for thermal coal has peaked, while lithium demand will grow rapidly → Read More
To compete with China, Europe has to question the orthodoxy of globalization
The West's idealized view of free and open trade is at odds with China's priorities: security and control → Read More
Tesla’s plans for rare-earths-free EVs will barely dent demand for these critical metals
The electric vehicle maker represents only a sliver of global rare earth permanent magnet demand → Read More
EVs are far cleaner than gas-powered cars — even if batteries require more mining
Fossil fuel cars emit 12 times more carbon dioxide per mile than electric ones → Read More
China’s lithium crackdown could roil global markets for the critical metal
Up to 13% of global supplies could be disrupted as Chinese authorities investigate illegal lithium mining in Jiangxi province → Read More
Ford’s EV battery deal with China’s CATL echoes industrial history
A century ago, Henry Ford rejected China's request for help to build a "new industrial system." Now Ford is the one needing help. → Read More
Shipping giants Maersk and MSC are making different bets on the future of trade
Ocean carriers are working out their moves in a new era of reshoring and friendshoring → Read More
China has a growing arsenal of homegrown oral covid drugs
China's new antivirals are an example of how its tech competition with the US plays out in the world of biopharma → Read More
China’s internet censors are gearing up for the Lunar New Year covid surge
Content that spread "gloomy emotions," "fabricate pandemic trends," and share "fictitious patient experiences" will be erased → Read More
China's zero-covid policies led to a near-record slowdown in economic growth
China also recorded a contraction in population growth, the first in more than 50 years → Read More
China wants to corner another segment of the global auto industry: car shipping
Chinese state media described the specialized car transport ships as "money-printing machines at sea" → Read More
Hong Kong has the world’s highest covid death rate—again
With a weekly average of 9 covid deaths per million, the city's fatality rate is nearly six times that of the US → Read More
Chinese car makers are becoming shipping companies
Electric car giant BYD has ordered its own auto transport ships—and may become a full-fledged shipping services provider → Read More
China’s pivot from zero-covid is no help to confidence in its economy
A recent World Economics survey of Chinese sales managers shows business confidence level at a record low → Read More
Chinese insurers are getting nervous about the country’s covid surge
Previously popular, low-cost policies promising payouts for covid infections are no longer available as cases soar → Read More
China’s new covid slogan is a U-turn on two years of “people’s war” against the virus
Beijing is telling its citizens: You're on your own now → Read More
The West is rebuilding its rare earths supply chain—but China still looms large
A new rare earths supply chain spanning Canada, Sweden, and Norway could help reduce the West's reliance on China → Read More
China's Baidu is shrugging off US chip export restrictions
Baidu says it has a chip stockpile, can turn to domestic alternatives, and will develop its own advanced chips → Read More
An unproven herbal covid pill is a big winner in Beijing’s new pandemic rules
Shares of Yiling Pharmaceutical, developer of the traditional Chinese herbal tablets Lianhua Qingwen, have surged in recent days → Read More