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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Yang Jianli, Kilic Kanat, Sean Roberts and Eric Brown on the security and human rights situation in Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, and the PRC's New Silk Road