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China's rare earth tech obsession ensnares US resident as CCP looks to maintain stranglehold

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11 months ago

China’s bid to strangle the world’s supply of heavy rare-earth elements was about to hit a wall. Vietnamese entrepreneur Luu Anh Tuan had lined up U.S. backing for a technology that could break Beijing’s chokehold on the critical minerals behind everything from smartphones to missile-guidance systems.Tuan and his family had fled Vietnam for the U.S. to escape Beijing’s tightening grip over Hanoi, where the Chinese Communist Party exerts a heavy influence on domestic governance.In July 2023, he signed a technology transfer agreement, seen by Fox News Digital, to bring the heavy rare earth separ...