{"id":147617,"date":"2026-03-10T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147617"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:09","slug":"could-chinas-rare-earth-supplies-dictate-how-long-us-strikes-on-iran-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147617","title":{"rendered":"Could China\u2019s rare earth supplies dictate how long US strikes on Iran go on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US war against Iran may have handed Beijing some fresh rare earths leverage over Washington, with roughly three weeks until US President Donald Trump\u2019s expected visit to China.<br \/>\nWashington\u2019s heavy reliance on the Chinese minerals for its advanced weapon systems means China could dictate how long US strikes on Iran can go on, according to sources and analysts.<br \/>\nSources told the South China Morning Post, on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, that Washington had only&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3346123\/could-chinas-rare-earth-supplies-dictate-how-long-us-strikes-iran-go?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US war against Iran may have handed Beijing some fresh rare earths leverage over Washington, with roughly three weeks until US President Donald&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}