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This article examines China’s stockpiling of strategic and non-strategic minerals, and whether China’s increasing secrecy about it stockpiling—as well as its continuing provocative military activities—is indicative of an impending Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Summary

  1. China is secretly stockpiling strategic minerals like copper.
  2. Stockpiling doesn't indicate an imminent Taiwan invasion.
  3. Historical invasions involved stockpiling, e.g., Germany and Japan in WWII.
  4. Monitoring these activities is crucial for military insights.

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