International Law

The World Should Thank China

?China supplied the world with very cheap and good-quality rare earths for more than a decade at the cost of depleting its resources and damaging its environment,? Wang Caifeng, who heads the government-affiliated China Association for Rare Earths, said at the conference. ?The world should thank China.?

This is the arrogance we see from Chinese government and business leaders, about which I've written any number of times. Now is the time for heightened concern and caution in dealings with PRC decision-makers.

Full post as published by Asia Business Intelligence on January 06, 2011 (boomark / email).