Swedish National China Centre Brief No. 5, 2026, 9 p.
Patrik Andersson at the Swedish National China Centre shows how China’s expanded list of strategic minerals reflects long-term industrial and security priorities, and how control over value chains is increasingly used as geopolitical leverage.
This policy brief was produced as part of the FNI-led research project CRIMINA (Critical Minerals in the Arctic: Challenges and Perspectives for the Nordic Countries).