How China's Rare Earth Minerals End Up in Russia's Advanced Weaponry

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, Western nations have accused China of supplying Moscow with microchips and other critical dual-use technologies that are “powering Russia’s brutal war of aggression.” In response, Washington and Brussels have hit hundreds of Chinese companies and individuals with sanctions in a pressure campaign to stem the technology flow to the Kremlin’s war machine.

But left untouched by these Western sanctions are some two dozen Chinese companies supplying…