Still Asleep at the Wheel: How Communist China Turned Rare Earths Into a Weapon
The CCP is using economic dependency, not markets, to shape the multipolar era.
Anthony J. Constantini
12/21/2025|Updated: 12/21/2025
Commentary
In early October, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced it would withhold its rare earth minerals from the world via newly placed export controls. The changes will make the process more laborious, and the CCP will have more of a say over who gets what. America, for its part, seemed perplexed by China’s actions. President Donald Trump reacted with fury and shock at China’s move, writing, “It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action.” Eventually, the two sides came to a deal in which China would put the changes on pause—but only for a year.
From a realist perspective, China’s move is completely reasonable. China has about 70 percent of all rare earth minerals on the planet and upwards of 80 percent of rare earth mineral processing. As their economy does not revolve around rare earths, they do not desperately need to sell those minerals and can instead go forward with a drip-drip-drip, starving their adversaries while ...
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