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Deng Xiaoping's image appears on this page because, as the 'father of modern China', he inspired his country to greatly enhance its power by leveraging its abundant rare earth resources. In 1992 he famously declared, "The Middle East has its oil, China has rare earth: China’s rare earth deposits account for 80 percent of identified global reserves, you can compare the status of these reserves to
that of oil in the Middle East: it is of extremely important strategic significance; we must be sure to handle the rare earth issue properly and make the fullest use of our country’s advantage in rare earth resources."
Op-Ed ➡ HERE
