{
  "id": 9502037,
  "title": "How US blindly ceded its rare earth dominance to China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/how-us-blindly-ceded-its-rare-earth-dominance-to-china",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T05:52:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/how-us-blindly-ceded-its-rare-earth-dominance-to-china/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with cerium powder. Its connection to the rest of the world crosses oceans on cables amplified with erbium. If you drove today, a rare earth magnet helped you steer, and a […] The post How US blindly ceded its rare earth dominance to China appeared first on Asia…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}