News China plans state ownership for all of its rare earth metal resources — regulation comes into effect on Oct 1

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New regulation in China prohibits any organization or individual from encroaching upon or destroying rare-earth resources.

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[peachpuff]

Imagine a world without governments...

 

[hotaru251]

Imagine a world without governments...

w/ or w/o them would be same. governments just label of groups in control & that will always happen.

 

[CmdrShepard]

The question is, will it work out?

Yes, yes it will. Next question.

 

[FoxtrotMichael-1]

Yes, yes it will. Next question.

I'm always glad we have Commander Shep on board to provide baseless answers! Will it work out? Yes, it will work out to continue to carve China out of the global economy, which is the entire point. The west will adjust and China will be relegated to trading with Russia and North Korea. Good luck with that, China.

 

[Heiro78]

I'm always glad we have Commander Shep on board to provide baseless answers! Will it work out? Yes, it will work out to continue to carve China out of the global economy, which is the entire point. The west will adjust and China will be relegated to trading with Russia and North Korea. Good luck with that, China.

Adjust with some severe growing pains. Their rare earth metal resources are vast. There are some in Australia and in the USA, but their production is rather inferior to what China has. Not to mention the labor costs being so low in China has helped keep their prices down.

 

[CmdrShepard]

I'm always glad we have Commander Shep on board to provide baseless answers! Will it work out? Yes, it will work out to continue to carve China out of the global economy, which is the entire point. The west will adjust and China will be relegated to trading with Russia and North Korea. Good luck with that, China.

Typical western wishful thinking -- you guys need to get over yourselves.

Population numbers from 2023 (source):

EU = 448,922,216
US = 339,996,563

Even if we toss Japan in as a western friendly nation:

JP = 123,294,513

You don't even add up to a full 1 billion out of 8.1 billion people on the planet but for sure you are the loudest and most obnoxious, always sticking your noses (and fingers!) in other countries' business. Combined, you're like ~12%, can you fathom how insignificant is that?

Without US, EU, and Japan combined, China still has 7,187,716,708 people whom they can offer to sell their goods.

And please, don't start with "but western population has more money" -- China has never relied on selling expensive stuff, but on quantity. Trust me, they will be just fine without you.

 

[Li Ken-un]

Russia and North Korea

Nobody thinks about South America and Africa/West Asia 😢

 

[drinking12many]

Many have been complaining about the possibility of these sorts of things since well back into the mid-2000s but no one listens. UGH!

 

[Grobe]

Without US, EU, and Japan combined, China still has 7,187,716,708 people whom they can offer to sell their goods.

Of course, in that scenario there will only exists russians and Chinese citizens on the planet. What a "wonderful" world it would be.

 

[USAFRet]

ok......before this goes any more off topic......

No more politics.

No more personal sniping.

Most of you know this.

 

[palladin9479]

Without US, EU, and Japan combined, China still has 7,187,716,708 people whom they can offer to sell their goods.

Ehhh ... no not even close. Asia =/= China only.

China population in 2024 is 1,425,177,347, it's the second most populated country in the world.

See you forgot about this South Asian country called India, It's population in 2024 is 1,428,627,663 and is now the most populous country in the world. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world at 279,795,068 people. After them is Pakistan at 240,485,658 people. The USA is the third largest at 339,996,563, though that's kinda misleading because the US is a really Federation of fifty smaller nations. Externally it's a single big entity, internally it's fifty smaller entities, each with it's own government structure and laws. EU is similar but even more loosely connected at about 443 million people.

Population by Country (2024) - Worldometer

List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.

www.worldometers.info

The world is a much bigger place then most people can imagine.

 

[NinoPino]

Imagine a world without governments...

We've already had a taste of it. In EU was Middle Ages, in U.S. was Far West. Bad living and easy dying.

 

[gg83]

Typical western wishful thinking -- you guys need to get over yourselves.

Population numbers from 2023 (source):

EU = 448,922,216
US = 339,996,563

Even if we toss Japan in as a western friendly nation:

JP = 123,294,513

You don't even add up to a full 1 billion out of 8.1 billion people on the planet but for sure you are the loudest and most obnoxious, always sticking your noses (and fingers!) in other countries' business. Combined, you're like ~12%, can you fathom how insignificant is that?

Without US, EU, and Japan combined, China still has 7,187,716,708 people whom they can offer to sell their goods.

And please, don't start with "but western population has more money" -- China has never relied on selling expensive stuff, but on quantity. Trust me, they will be just fine without you.

I shouldn't comment

 

[Heiro78]

Ehhh ... no not even close. Asia =/= China only.

China population in 2024 is 1,425,177,347, it's the second most populated country in the world.

See you forgot about this South Asian country called India, It's population in 2024 is 1,428,627,663 and is now the most populous country in the world. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world at 279,795,068 people. After them is Pakistan at 240,485,658 people. The USA is the third largest at 339,996,563, though that's kinda misleading because the US is a really Federation of fifty smaller nations. Externally it's a single big entity, internally it's fifty smaller entities, each with it's own government structure and laws. EU is similar but even more loosely connected at about 443 million people.

Population by Country (2024) - Worldometer

List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.

www.worldometers.info

The world is a much bigger place then most people can imagine.

hmm, you must be a master red mage to somehow be named Palladin!

 

[gg83]

Ehhh ... no not even close. Asia =/= China only.

China population in 2024 is 1,425,177,347, it's the second most populated country in the world.

See you forgot about this South Asian country called India, It's population in 2024 is 1,428,627,663 and is now the most populous country in the world. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world at 279,795,068 people. After them is Pakistan at 240,485,658 people. The USA is the third largest at 339,996,563, though that's kinda misleading because the US is a really Federation of fifty smaller nations. Externally it's a single big entity, internally it's fifty smaller entities, each with it's own government structure and laws. EU is similar but even more loosely connected at about 443 million people.

Population by Country (2024) - Worldometer

List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.

www.worldometers.info

The world is a much bigger place then most people can imagine.

Exactly reply!