Beijing has been stepping up controls on rare earth exports, triggering global shortages and exposing industries’ dependence on Chinese supply chains. However, over recent years, China itself ...

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns downriver in Thailand, as China's influence in the sector looms large.

While the United States talked military assistance and minerals with Ukraine, Russia did the same with one of its few remaining allies: Myanmar. On March 4, 2025, the commander in chief and leader ...

The crackdown coordinated among Thailand, Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's visit to Beijing this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Thailand ...

In early 2024, Beijing helped broker a ceasefire, but that quickly fell apart when the alliance launched new attacks. Myanmar's ruling generals and China's government showed concern as pro ...

"Myanmar's production has significantly strengthened China's dominant position, effectively giving Beijing a de facto monopoly over the global heavy rare earths supply chain — and much of the ...

Myanmar accounted for about 57% of China's total rare earth imports last year, Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International ...

"Myanmar's production has significantly strengthened China's dominant position, effectively giving Beijing a de facto monopoly over the global heavy rare earths supply chain — and much of the ...

"Myanmar is a risky jurisdiction to rely on, given the ongoing Civil War. In 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a group of armed rebels, seized sites responsible for half the world's heavy ...

Myanmar accounted for about 57% of China's total rare earth imports last year, Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International ...