Tibet’s Hidden Power: Rare Earths in a Land Under Occupation

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To China, Tibet has always been Xizang, meaning the western treasure-house, and this belief turned into a strong realization after its first comprehensive geological surveys there, conducted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Geology between the 1950s and 1960s. And today, when China dominates the world’s rare earth supplies, Tibet is one of the most mineral-rich frontier regions in this field, but at what cost to the Tibetan people, writes Tenzin Jigmey,* urging that the issue be given the highlight it deserves.

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