CNBC's JP Ong and Elaine Yu discuss China's dominance in the global rare earths supply chain, highlighting Myanmar's pivotal ...

State media in Myanmar say the Southeast Asian nation's military government has recaptured a strategic gateway town after nearly a year of effort, marking a rare turnaround in the country’s northeast, ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

Ta’ang National Liberation Army rebels did not acknowledge the loss of Nawnghkio, saying they moved to ‘safe locations’.

Beijing is quietly influencing the junta’s election process and regime-allied parties through training, technological ...

In the middle of Myanmar's ongoing civil war, China has suffered a major setback. A fighter jet made in China and used by Myanmar's ruling military (junta) has been shot down by local rebel fighters.

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today.

China is "staring at possible chaos, rising anti-China feelings, and little hope that its planned China-Myanmar Economic Corridor can be materialized anytime soon," Thant Myint-U, an award-winning ...

But China’s “protection” for Myanmar is not a foregone conclusion, particularly within the U.N. Security Council. U.N. member states can and should employ unprecedented leverage to ensure ...