China Bans Rare Earth Sales To Japan after ship incident

[chiuchimu]

China Bans Rare Earth Sales To Japan; Japan Starts Serious Recycling : TreeHugger


Alex previously wrote about concerns as China Tightens Grasp on Rare Earth Metals Vital for Green Technologies; now we are seeing it in action. After a dispute over a collision between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese fishing boat on September 7, the Chinese cut off exports of rare earths to Japan. The dispute was settled yesterday, but the repercussions are many. One Japanese response: start recycling and mining the dumps.
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The recycling is a good idea. Japan should have been doing this even before China cut off supplies.

Besides the recycling, Japan is in negotiations with Mongolia to get rare-earth metals from them. This again will cause frictions between China and Japan.

[Qayin]

I hope there won't be another Sino-Japanese war.

[chiuchimu]

Originally Posted by Qayin

I hope there won't be another Sino-Japanese war.

I doubt it. But the recent strong positions China has taken does worry me. I heard about a coalition being built of members like South Korea, Japan and India as security against Chinese aggression.

[Dayanx]

No worries. Japan and China's economies are completely interdependent on each other, just like the USA. There won't even be a screaming shoe fight like you sometimes see in the diet lol

[dannavy85]

China is becoming a regional threat.

[Ryzorian]

Every nation looks to it's own interests first. Allways remember that.