China’s Plunder of Myanmar’s Rare Earth Wealth Threatens Global Security

In Myanmar’s Kachin state, an environmental catastrophe unfolds in plain sight. Massive excavators tear into the earth, while chemical processors extract precious rare earth elements, leaving behind a wasteland of toxic pools and barren soil. This systematic destruction is not just another case of resource exploitation—it is China’s calculated strategy to dominate the global supply chain of critical minerals, using Myanmar’s political isolation as a shield for its rapacious activities.