<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>China Clamps Down Even Harder on Rare Earths<br><br>The move is Beijing’s latest attempt to tighten control over global production of the metals, which are essential to the manufacture of computer chips.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/business/china-rare-earth-exports.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.78T_.CVJsIZWbghVL&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/business/china-rare-earth-exports.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.78T_.CVJsIZWbghVL&smid=em-share</a></div>