Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-us-bill-would-block-defense-contractors-using-chinese-rare-earths-2022-01-14/ Recently a new bill has been passed into the US senate. This bill would ban defense contractors from using chinese produced rare earth metals. The bill is hoping to counter China’s dominance in the sector. It also aims in the hope that the pentagon will help fund and build a stockpile of these 17 rare earth… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/15/philippines-to-acquire-missile-system-from-india-for-375-mln The Philippines have recently secured a 375 million dollar deal to buy anti-ship missile systems. This missile system was bought from their neighbor India and is a part of a 5.85 billion dollar program to modernize their military. The Philippines has hada severely obsolete military, with ships from WWII in addition to helicopters from the vietnam… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/briefing/xi-putin-meeting-omicron-moderna-kpop.html Putin and Xi Jinping , leaders of the two most powerful countries in the east, had a video summit discussing their shared conflicts with the west. During the summit neither side declared a full formal alliance but rather used the term “old friend” Their discussions during the summit included western pressure mainly from the US on… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/14/china-says-will-strike-back-for-reckless-u-s-actions Earlier this week the U.S applied heavy sanctions on China for abusing human rights, specifically with Uighur Muslims. China has come out and publicly stated that ¨We urge the US to immediately withdraw the relevant wrong decision and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs and harming China’s interests¨. This news is also concerning as the two… Read more »
