Beijings Green Critical Minerals Campaign Exposes Its Weakness

China’s bid to bind the global South in a green mineral bloc is a scramble to secure shaky ore supplies as U.S. and partners race for China-proof supply chains.A worker carrying containers next to pools in a mining waste dump area in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, on Aug. 28, 2013. Ye Aung Thu /AFP via Getty Images12/10/2025|Updated: 12/10/2025News AnalysisChina still sits at the center of the global rare-earth system, but the ground under that monopoly is starting to shift.Sean Tseng is a Canada-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Asia-Pacific news, Chinese business and economy, and U.S.–China relations. Author’s Selected Articles