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Sorry for going off topic Interesting folklore, I have doubts on its accuracy and most likely there's been a reasonable amount of exaggeration built in over the years. I am curious though exactly which model of Chinese made machine gun did they take from the post

I thought the cause and effect of this issue was already discussed to death already? Yet we have people still flip flopping between the lines??? http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/213038-china-aggrieved-india-aggressor-62-a.html I would think this is a good thing to not have any hatred...

Its almost impossible to quantify the reasons why the REE demand has fallen, besides the usual culprits of economic factors (which is in the toilet) and possibly Japan recycling the REE there are also other factors to consider whereby the end consumer is buying REE resultant end products from...

Agreed, the Singapore model only works because as you said the population is small and the land size as well. I think one advantage Singapore had was the country was mostly made up of migrants hailing from distant lands which made them easier to influence and control (Since no one group had a...

I appreciate you throwing all these articles at random trying to counter me which is fair enough, if they are cutting production due to lack of internal demand that's fair game, I stated what I know from the research I garnered last year. I cannot possibly keep in with every development with...

Would appreciate if we did not jump from one topic to another, if we are talking about coal that's a different ball game. I've traveled to outer Mongolia to check out investment in Coal mines there and the resources and availability will boggle your mind. Coal is no where near as beneficial or...

Honestly China is a multi trillion dollar economy, for example even a 100,000 ton drop in exports at 500 bucks per kilo is 50 Billion which is peanuts to them considering the long term strategy (holding a countries resources). Also its a strategy, domestic price is at a 40% discount to the FOB...

Well everyone buys into a form of hope, ultimately if the prices crashes they can only blame themselves. Just like the Tulipomania bubble in the 1600s. Prices of REE can be found here assuming Lynas keeps an accurate update Lynas Corporation

For all those China Watchers examining tea leaves for some sign of what sort of Communist party leader and national president Xi Jinping will be, a column in Monday's edition of the magazine Study Times is looming large. The article argues that in the pursuit of political reform, China should...

The problem is the refinery plant cost a bomb to build and many years to construct, its a heavy cost for any organization to take on. As mentioned in my previous post the REE world is controlled by the China government thru a series of strategies, if a company build a plant and China...

If you read my post the foray into Rare Earth was mainly to spearhead a technological drive, the environmental impact was unfortunate but back in 80's one could say China wanted to move forward at all cost. One also has to applaud the strategic mindset of the CPC by secretly taking over the...

On a related yet unrelated article, there was a Australian Mining company operating a rare earth refinery in Malaysia which has stalled due to protest about the pollution of rare earth processing. The town was hit before when a similar Japanese plant operated there and was shut down. I'm quite...

Welcome to the forum, its great to see an Indonesian point of view. I did exaggerate the sod off bit to be honest, wanted to add some dramatic flair :) See you around the forum

ASEAN countries are ultimately too segregated and selfish to work together in a defense bloc, assuming Big IF China played good diplomatic cards with Indonesia will pissing off Philippines, Indonesia will probably tell Philippines to sod off with their problems. Sad but true. We are one selfish...

I am not downplaying the fact governments are important in influencing industries, but rather I am pointing out that it is untrue that Chinese economies can only flourish with government support which is what some posters appear to be saying. Chinese companies in ASEAN didn’t just crop up from...

I think its unfair to say that just because the China has government backing hence the economies flourish, Chinese are naturally entrepreneurial, too entrepreneurial which is why our society needs a guiding hand. Most East Asian societies share similar cultures, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea all...

I agree with ahfatzia, Vietnam is in no shape to lead ASEAN, as an important member and collaborator yes. As the leader no. The strongest ASEAN member would be Indonesia, their sheer population alone makes up for their strength not to mention their abundant natural resources. They are a true...

One lone Singaporean vs the Vietnamese posters haha, thought I'll join in the fun

I have not seen a country with air pollution as bad as Mongolia, one bad night was like taking two ciggs with every breath, actually I would rather take a cig lol

Actually the coal there is valuable because its high grade coking coal which is mainly for steel making, currently Australia is China's biggest supplier for that. Power generation thermal coal is probably the one China has abundance of, Mongolia has this too but mostly north towards Russia, some...