BEIJING :China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to extract and separate the critical materials on Thursday, the country's latest step to protect its dominance over several strategic metals.Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into
The toothbrush, which you should use more often.
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It was SO GOOD when you posted it the first time. Really glad you copypasted it. Thanks man.
They also invented the landmine, which you should go and frolick in a field of them.
Cope lib
China retains crown in scientific papers, widens lead over U.S. https://archive.md/BFUU0
Not just scientific papers in total but high impact papers too.
Moving the goalposts as a coping mechanism
https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2023/article_0013.html
fuck interlectual property in general, so even if China did steal IP from other countries (it didn’t), I’d respect them even more