Rare earth a new battle field

 Why go to Mongolia when India and Australia are among the top 8 countries with huge reserves to be extracted? And setting up mining facilities in Mongolia is so difficult and infrastructure and transportation so expensive.

China and Russia together controls more than 56 million metric tons of all known reserves of rare earth, so how significant is their position in this sector is left to the imagination. Moreover, China holds more than 80% of all global refining facilities of rare earth elements as well. Even the USA needs China's facilities to refine their ores.

This move by China will cause the price of rare earth elements to shoot up, after being dampened over the years by the manipulation of the USA and the West. Everything that depends on rare earth is going to be more expensive. USA is reported to be making a US$300 million funding assist for Lynas of Australia, hoping to alleviate the crisis.

Problem is where is Lynas going to process the raw minerals now that no country, even Malaysia, wants to have processing facilites that causes health related issues. How long is it going to take for Australia and other countries to set up more refining facilities and can the world - USA, EU, Japan and South Korea high tech industries in particular - afford to wait for supplies to come on line to cover the shortage due to restrictions by China?

Anonymous

Presidential Election - Tharman sure win

 With just 3 candidates in Tharman, Ng Kok Song an George Goh, the numerical odds are already in favour of Tharman. The Chinese votes are likely to be splitted equally among the three candidates while the Indian and Malay votes would be more favourable to Tharman, especially the Indian votes. In order for Kok Song or George to beat Tharman, one of them must stand out clearly as the better man. At this moment, both were just another candidate to the voters. So, if the votes are splitted more or less equally between them, Tharman would win hands down.

The latest, Tan Kin Lian has shown interest in the race. Once Tan Kin Lian submits in his papers, the race is as good as ended with Tharman the outright winner. The same explanation above would mean that the Chinese votes would be greatly diluted and shared by the 3 Chinese candidates while Tharman would continue to get the same share of Chinese, Malay and Indian votes.

It does not need rocket science to figure out the odds with these 4 candidates. If there is anyone that stands up in the crowd of 4, it has to be Tharman. And with Kin Lian joining the fray to dilute the Chinese votes, none of them stand a whisper of a chance to get near to Tharman. Kin Lian may lose his deposit a second time. I am wondering what is his motivation to want to join the race. He is a smart man and should know his chances. In the last PE, he and Jee Say were seen as the vote spoilers that deprived Cheng Bock from winning. His role in this election would not be any different.

In the last PE, it was 3 Tans against Tony Tan. Now it is 3 Chinese candidates against Tharman. How to win? This this another case of stupidity has no cure. What is the purpose of joining the race when the chance is so slim? The PE is not a party to join and get high and merry, to be seen or to bolster once ego.

Tharman's supporters can start to celebrate and pop the champagne once Kin Lian's nomination paper is in. Kok Song and George can also forget about their chances of winning against Tharman when this happens. The odds are so obvious, nothing complicated, no surprises. Everyone can see it. Maybe Kin Lian is waiting for a surprise winning from heaven. Only a miracle can change the fate of Tharman and turn him away from the Istana.

American provocation against China continues unabated

 It is going to be a no holds barred situation going forward, if the USA intends to proliferate by building destructive weapons in other countries and supplying nuclear submarines to others. They already are building facilities in Ukraine for weapons production. For all the drones itself and its Allies are supplying to Ukraine and being used to attack Russia, China is now being accused of helping Russia with drone jamming technology. This is a load of horseshit propaganda just to justify their wish to drag China into the conflict, after failing to do so using many other vile tactics.

Russia is far and away more sophisticated than the USA in jamming technology and cyber warfare, with even sophisticated jamming equipment being installed in their fighter jets long ago. The USA admitted it is behind the Russians in anti-drone jamming technology. Technically, Russia does not need China's help in this area of cyber warfare.

The other horseshit being brought up is the accusation that Russia is sourcing weapons from North Korea during the recent visit of its Defence Minister to Pyongyang. What is wrong with that? Isn't this what the USA is doing all around the world and even talking about sourcing weapons from dingo Australia? Kim Jong Urn has lots of missiles to spare, and this is good business for both, bartering weapons for energy and food, outside the sanctions of the US$, and beyond the control of the USA.

The USA has reached the end of its useful tether to demonise China and is picking on issues that are basically laughable. China is reported to be hacking into USA Government and USA company's computer system, which they themselves have been doing to others for decades. Isn't the USA the leader in spying and cyber security and yet getting the wrong end of the stick? The USA today is just clutching at the proverbial straws to gain sympathy, unable to counter and feeling hapless and just whining.

The USA may be the strongest military force in the world, controlling everybody, but it cannot control nature. Tornados, heat wave and drought are beyond their ability to dicate. How ironic! 

Anonymous

Americans desperation and trying to con its way out

 There is talk of a venture between USA, Japan and Mongolia to extract rare earth to counter China. That had been talked about before.

The problem is it is not the availability of rare earth raw materials, as it is in abundance all over the world. It can be found in many countries. The real problem is refining it and the extraction of the various usable elements. China holds more than 80% of the refining facilities, besides also having huge reserves on its soil. Now using the narrative that for reasons of 'national security issues' it has to restrict exports of rare earth is as valid as the USA claiming 'national security issues' to ban Huawei.

Assuming the mining venture takes shape, we have to remember that Mongolia is a landlocked country, and still will need a port to bring the ores for refining. Transporting those ores will be expensive, even if they managed to rent a port from China, not to add that China may refuse to do the refining for them. Setting up refining facilities is a very expensive investment and even the USA, which has its own refining facilities, has to partly make use of China's refining expertise to produce the best quality final product.

So, they can try to unsettle China with all the propaganda they want, but solving the problem is not a question of months, but several years. What then if they can set up those facilities to refine rare earth, can they realistically compete against China holding all the cards over supply and demand factors?

Anonymous

China does not want war, does not want to be provoked into war by the barbarians

 China is trying NOT to add fuel to all the chaos of the mentally sickos barbarians

The Chinese been humbled loved Peace as they knew the sufferings of all these damn stupid Wars.

Building up country with beautiful cities and infrastructures are NOT easy.

To destroy them is fast.

Just like a jealous and sicko person who seen your wealth and your house is so beautiful and his is a rubble and squatter, he will try also to destroy yours.

So China kept their patience and knew that all these wars mongers now who are desperate and have NOT much lose than China who had thru their blood and swept build up their country will be destroyed if not in full but also partially if they were to be belligerent and fight all these bastards.

They knew that aims are to destroy them as their are jealous of their well run beautiful country as now compared to the Western Barbarians.

So if China were also to start supplying arsenals of wars and destructions that frankly it be a WWIII.

So China is NOT weak as all seemed to perceive she is just because she is passive not to add to the Chaos and Destructions.

If any stupid damn country especially the Whites were to attack them, then that's be a different scenario.

They will be totally annihilated by China.

The PRCs are just smothering their will of any vengeance of the past atrocities of those who had committed against them.

The PRCs are been ingrained NOT to be bullied or be conquered again.

Their PLA Military are trained to die for Country and Honour in Deaths for the MotherLand.

Whereas the Rest of the other Militaries are just professional militaries for their monies and will only fight to live for another day.

So if China were to supply arms to the countries that dared defile the Americunts and their doggies, wild accusations will be hurled against them as Aggressors and Wars Mongers.

Thus, this is why China is still keeping their cool.

Also hoping that civilised and sane countries would know the bad odours of all these barbarians and would be on their side to promote peace.

See that Daley EU Rep and many others sane Whites who also criticise their own for been Wars Mongers.

So this is China's hope that hopefully Peace will prevailed.

Virgo49