<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Strategic Resources on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think</title><link>https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/strategic-resources/</link><description>Recent content in Strategic Resources on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan))</managingEditor><webMaster>blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan))</webMaster><copyright>CC BY-NC 4.0</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:00:00 +0800</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/strategic-resources/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Rare-Earth War: China's Confidence and Resource Sovereignty</title><link>https://blog.baifan.site/en/rare-earth-war-china-strategic-confidence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:00:00 +0800</pubDate><author>blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan))</author><guid>https://blog.baifan.site/en/rare-earth-war-china-strategic-confidence/</guid><description>&lt;figure class="my-6 flex flex-col items-center"&gt;&#10; &lt;img src="https://blog.baifan.site/pictures/note/20251107-xituzhanzheng.png" alt="The Rare-Earth War" class="rounded-lg shadow-md mx-auto " loading="lazy" /&gt;&#10; &#10; &lt;figcaption class="mt-2 text-center text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 italic"&gt;The Rare-Earth War&lt;/figcaption&gt;&#10; &#10;&lt;/figure&gt;&#10;&#10;&#10;&lt;h1 class="relative group"&gt;The Rare-Earth War&#10; &lt;div id="the-rare-earth-war" class="anchor"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#10; &#10; &lt;span&#10; class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"&gt;&#10; &lt;a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-rare-earth-war" aria-label="Anchor"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&#10; &lt;/span&gt;&#10; &#10;&lt;/h1&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;—— China&amp;rsquo;s strategic confidence and resource sovereignty amid the reshaping of global geopolitics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&#10;&lt;h2 class="relative group"&gt;Preface&#10; &lt;div id="preface" class="anchor"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#10; &#10; &lt;span&#10; class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"&gt;&#10; &lt;a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#preface" aria-label="Anchor"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&#10; &lt;/span&gt;&#10; &#10;&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;I studied geology at China University of Geosciences. As an undergraduate, as part of an academic activity organized by the university, I wrote a short paper titled &amp;ldquo;The Rare-Earth War.&amp;rdquo; Back then, the &amp;ldquo;war&amp;rdquo; was mostly a metaphor in the academic sense, an exploration of the relationship between resource competition and technological rivalry. Many years on, the world has shifted beyond recognition, and the scenarios once argued on paper are now playing out in reality. Taking up the pen again to rewrite &amp;ldquo;The Rare-Earth War&amp;rdquo; fills me with emotion.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>