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The Middle East has its oil, China has rare earth: China’s rare earth deposits account for 80 percent of identified global reserves, you can compare the status of these reserves to that of oil in the Middle East: it is of extremely important strategic significance; we must be sure to handle the rare earth issue properly and make the fullest use of our country’s advantage in rare earth resources.
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Zepf, V. (2013). The Way to the Chinese Predominance: A Key for Understanding the REE Issue. In: Rare Earth Elements. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35458-8_3
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