HEADLINE: China's Desperate Rare Earth Export Curbs and Economic Collapse GUEST NAMES: Alan Tonelson, Gordon Chang SUMMARY: China's sweeping curbs on rare earth exports are described as a desperate "hail mary" heave, risking severe economic damage, part
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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GUEST NAMES: Alan Tonelson, Gordon Chang
SUMMARY: China's sweeping curbs on rare earth exports are described as a desperate "hail mary" heave, risking severe economic damage, particularly given the collapse of its property bubble and external pressures. Experts agree China is undergoing a major deflationary spiral, and this move ironically contradicts the globalization from which it prospered.
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| 0:26.1 | I'm John Batchelor with my friend and colleague, Gordon Chang, at Gordon G. Chang. |
| 0:30.9 | We're joined by our guide on manufacturing and international trade for many years, |
| 0:36.7 | some of which we spent doubting him and now which we |
| 0:40.1 | wait for him like the Buddha wandering through. |
| 0:43.8 | Oh, Buddha. |
| 0:45.1 | Oh, Alan, a very good day to you. |
| 0:46.9 | Your headline in your most immediate posting. |
| 0:50.8 | Our so-called foreign policy, colon, why China's rare earth's escalation looks like a hail |
| 0:58.3 | Mary. |
| 0:59.7 | Now, Alan, it's football season. |
| 1:01.6 | A Hail Mary always means that you're desperate at the end, maybe a touchdown will do, and you |
| 1:08.9 | throw the ball as far as you can and hope for the best. |
| 1:12.1 | Is that what you intend to Hail Mary? |
| 1:14.7 | There's no expectation of success, none whatsoever. |
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