Beijing's strategy is a long-term one: King said that while China's rare-earth output may hold up for a few more years, it'll almost certainly fall after that. "The Chinese know this," he said, and so when the global markets see news about China limiting exports of rare earths, "...
Stars wheel in purple, yours is not so rare as Hesperus, nor yet so great a star as bright Aldebaran or Sirius, nor yet the stained and brilliant one of War; stars turn in purple, glorious to the sight; yours is not gracious as the Pleiads are nor as Orion’s sapphires, luminous;...