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China and Japan Covet the Same Rare-Earth Metals

Posted by timothy on from the as-do-we-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from The Australian: "Japan's increasingly frantic efforts to lead the world in green technology have put it on a collision course with the ambitions of China and dragged both government and industry into the murky realm of large-scale mineral smuggling."

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  1. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Speaking of breeding and competition, do you know why celebrity gossip of late has emphasized pregnancies while Jon and Kate plus 8 is being hyped to death?

    U.S. Government conspiracy to promote having babies. More cannon fodder to fight against China when WWIII finally comes.