An excavator loads trucks with rare earth at a mine in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Simao city, southwest Chinas Yunnan province, 18 March 2008.

In our new series of short analyses and a MERICS Data Insight, MERICS experts have analyzed China’s rare-earths export controls and their implications for European companies.

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China’s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition

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State-society relations and public debates; Institutional change; Social and environmental policy 
 

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China’s legal and governance system; social credit system; human rights

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Helena Legarda

Head of Program

China’s defense and security policies; Chinese foreign policy, geopolitical competition and risk

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping (from right to left) during a meeting ceremony in the Kremlin.

The China-Russia Dashboard monitors the economic, political, security, and societal dimensions of China-Russia relations and their changing quality over time. The results are presented in interactive graphics and analyses.

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