China tightens grip on global defense manufacturing through rare earth export curbs: Expert

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): China's ongoing export controls on rare earth materials are a strategic move to exert influence over high-end defense manufacturing worldwide, highlighting the deep global dependence on Beijing for critical minerals.

'Basically everyone is dependent on China for a standing army because of the wide use of these minerals in defence, and we are days if not weeks away from a crisi