China's rare earth tech obsession ensnares US resident as CCP looks to maintain stranglehold

China's rare earth tech obsession ensnares US resident as CCP looks to maintain stranglehold

Vietnamese entrepreneur Luu Anh Tuan was arrested while attempting to transfer rare earth separation technology to the U.S., potentially disrupting China's monopoly.

China’s rare earth tech obsession ensnares US resident as CCP looks to maintain stranglehold

China’s bid to strangle the world’s supply of heavy rare-earth elements was about to hit a wall. Vietnamese entrepreneur Luu Anh Tuan had lined up U.S. backing for a technology that could break Beijing’s chokehold on the critical minerals behind everything from smartphones to missile-guidance systems. Tuan and his family had fled Vietnam for the U.S. to escape Beijing’s tightening grip over Hanoi, where the Chinese Communist Party exerts a heavy…

China’s rare earth tech obsession ensnares US resident as CCP looks to maintain stranglehold – Your Capital Minds

China’s bid to strangle the world’s supply of heavy rare-earth elements was about to hit a wall. Vietnamese entrepreneur Luu Anh Tuan had lined up U.S. backing for a technology that could break Beijing’s chokehold on the critical minerals behind everything from smartphones to missile-guidance systems. Tuan and his family had fled Vietnam for the U.S. to escape Beijing’s tightening grip over Hanoi, where the Chinese Communist Party exerts a heavy…