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Reported UK attempt to break ‘dependence’ on China for key minerals impracticable: experts

GT staff reporters March 17, 2024

Reported UK attempt to break ‘dependence’ on China for key minerals impracticable: experts

The UK government's reported attempt to break dependence on China for key minerals needed for wind turbines and electric vehicles is impracticable and may have an impact on its green transformation, Chinese experts said. British battery metal refiners and electric car factories are being handed cheap power deals...More

US, UK forcing Chagossians out of homeland a crime against humanity

Global Times November 24, 2023

US, UK forcing Chagossians out of homeland a crime against humanity

Editor's Note: For Olivier Bancoult (Bancoult), no road leads home. Bancoult is from Chagos, a small archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, formally known as the British Indian Ocean Territory. Bancoult lived in Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. More than 50 years...More