https://www.scmp.com/rss/518802/feed Mengshi Ren is a Georgetown master of foreign service student, concentrating on science, technology and international affairs. He is currently interning at Trivium China as a climate and energy policy analyst. Through his coursework and professional development, he has focused extensively on clean energy transition and cleantech mineral geopolitics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Two weeks before Vuong Dinh Hue was forced to resign as head of Vietnam’s parliament, he visited Beijing and met executives from Chinese state-owned enterprises, including China Rare Earth Group. As assembly head, one of the four “pillars” of leadership in Vietnam, Hue was angling for Chinese investment and potentially technology transfers by dangling the possibility of tax deductions, rent cuts and other incentives. He is the second high-ranking official to be removed in two months, after... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3262520/vietnams-catch-22-courting-china-rare-earth-partner?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3262520/vietnams-catch-22-courting-china-rare-earth-partner?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 May 2024 08:30:09 +0000