The Great Mineral Game
The scramble for critical minerals is fast becoming one of the defining geopolitical dramas of our era.
The scramble for critical minerals is fast becoming one of the defining geopolitical dramas of our era.
The overwhelming majority of nations around the world recognize and adhere to the one-China principle. For Japan to act against this principle is to act against the world.
Looking ahead, China’s COP30 performance signals a dual strategy: advancing low-carbon technologies while exercising diplomatic leadership.
Trade and development have by and large provided Japan with a certain degree of prosperity. It would indeed be foolish to sacrifice that prosperity for a policy that will only create tensions in the region, and even military conflict.
A reformed global system must embrace new priorities: digital governance, climate security, and equitable access to emerging technologies.
Although tensions persist in several areas, China’s G20 message fits within a wider effort to reduce unpredictability in its external environment.
Taken together, China serves both as a domestic model and as a financier and policy partner internationally.
Grounded in the current global transformation unseen in a century, this initiative responds to the international community’s call for a more just and equitable global governance system.
While independently addressing global climate change, China has intensified cooperation with the international community, actively participating in global climate governance.
In a turbulent and complex global environment, China continues to work toward socialist modernization, building common prosperity and an ecological civilization, while engaging with the world on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit.
As China keeps achieving its environmental objectives, and becomes more ‘Beautiful,’ I’m confident that its experience in environmental governance will increasingly be a reference and source of inspiration to other countries.
With robust clean energy production capacity and engineering construction capabilities, the country has established a complete new energy industry chain.