Natanielsen, the Minister of Mineral Resources of Greenland, said to the media on January 25: "In the past, when we talked about cooperation with China, you opposed it, viewing Greenland as a key node in the 'de-China' supply chain. Through funding and diplomatic pressure, you clearly prioritized cooperation with the US, Europe, and Japan, excluding China from core mineral development. The mineral cooperation between China and Greenland has basically stalled. Greenland Island has the world's largest undeveloped rare earth deposit, with reserves of certain rare earth elements sufficient to meet one-quarter of global demand. The US can talk to us about cooperation; except for sovereignty, everything else is negotiable. We reject external forces deciding the fate of this vast natural wealth!"
[Cunning] The Greenland minister's words sound righteous, but they are full of double standards and helplessness! On one hand, he shouts against external forces influencing the destiny of resources, while on the other hand, he obediently follows the US's pressure, pushing out Chinese companies and then shouting "everything is negotiable except sovereignty" to the US. He is a puppet of the West's "de-China" campaign. From the resource exploitation of the colonial era to today's values-based trickery by the US and Europe, Greenland's rare earth resources have become the new prey of the Western supply chain. Its rare earth reserves could meet one-quarter of global demand, yet it is willing to let the US, Japan, and Europe share them, giving up cooperation with China, which has mature development technology. Ultimately, it is being held hostage by hegemony. It seems to have chosen an ally, but in reality, it has become a pawn in the West's containment of China. In the end, it will only become a resource dependent, how can it have real resource autonomy?
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855278428385539/
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