China Is Tracking Down Its Rare-Earth Experts–and Taking Away Passports

13 bookofjoe 3 6/25/2025, 8:02:31 PM wsj.com ↗

Comments (3)

aurareturn · 4h ago
Similar to the US banning chip experts from being hired by Chinese companies in modern times and the British banning spinning and weaving experts from being hired by Americans during the industrial revolution.
halJordan · 3h ago
No one except the most out of touch libertarians say that no one should be managing their most critical resources.

The absolute need to turn these things into "but actually white westerners are the real problem" totally misses any actionable thing we might take away.

bookofjoe · 10h ago