News on China's scientific and technological development.

broadsword · 2025-10-13T18:49:46-0400

That should lay to rest any claim that China was content with relying on foreign technology and putting local development on the back burner. It was hotly debated here.

yearofrooster · 2025-10-14T06:09:03-0400

jli88 said:
I just heard someone say that it will take more than a decade for US to establish the rare earth supply chain, what are the people estimating here?

My estimate is 3-5 years, and I can expound on that. For China, it must aim for complete tech self sufficiency in this time horizon.

In Nov 2024, America started to re-establish its TNT production in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
If everything goes on well, the facility will be available in Nov 2028, i.e. 4 years.
The investment is $435 million.
To set up RE processing from scratch is likely to be much more difficult.

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