At the bottom of the contested waters lies a supply of the rare earth minerals crucial to China’s tech ambitions.
https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/chinas-deep-sea-motivation-for-claiming-sovereignty-over-the-south-china-sea/
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Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent
Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent are professors of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their book, “Market Power Politics: War, Institutions, and Strategic Delay in World Politics” (2021), Oxford University Press, examines the role of market power in world politics.
