China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths.
Rare earths, indispensable inputs for high tech, military, and renewable applications, remain in the hands of China, a power on the rise. Largely out of the public eye prior to 2010, rare earths, and China's monopoly over them, became international news after China ""unofficially"...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Rare earths, indispensable inputs for high tech, military, and renewable applications, remain in the hands of China, a power on the rise. Largely out of the public eye prior to 2010, rare earths, and China's monopoly over them, became international news after China ""unofficially"" halted exports to Japan, the United States, and Europe following a collision between Chinese and Japanese boats in the East China Sea. Focusing on China's monopoly over the rare earth industry, this book examines the impacts of growing worldwide resource competition and the complexities policymakers face as they dev. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780190670948 0190670940 9780190670955 0190670959 |