A Tiny Mediterranean Island Feels the Heat of the Minerals War with China

|February 20, 2026Updated:February 21, 2026“There are two stories here,” begins Sotiris Theodorou. He is sitting under a formidable winter sun, outside his waterfront bar on the Greek island of Chios.We are about a mile from the tiny village of Volissos, as some legends have it, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Homer.