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China, Like the U.S., Wants to Onshore More of Its Critical Resource Mining

by Eric Olander
The Chinese Communist Party's most influential newspaper, People's Daily, ran a lengthy interview with China's Natural Resources Minister Wang Guanghua on securing the country's critical resources supply chain.

China appears to share many of the concerns over the security of its supply chains for critical minerals that now dominate conversations in North American, European and some Asian capitals.

Wang Guanghua, China’s minister for natural resources, explained in a lengthy interview published last week in People’s Daily that Beijing will embark on a new initiative to reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers of some critical minerals and energy resources.

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