近来,国际媒体上关于稀土资源的话题炒得沸沸扬扬,有些西方媒体称中国加强了对稀土的出口监管。稀土是关系到世界和平和国家安全的战略性金属。我国稀土产业在世界上拥有多个第一:资源储量第一,产量第一,销售量第一。那么,中国究竟有多少稀土?别的国家真的需要依赖中国的稀土吗?我们该如何善待这种战略资源呢?这里我们选取一组文章,供读者思考、判断。 Recently, the topic of rare earth resources in the international media has buzzed up, and some Western media have said that China has strengthened its export supervision of rare earths. Rare earth is a strategic metal that relates to world peace and national security. China’s rare earth industry has a number of first in the world: resource reserves first, output first, sales volume first. Then, how much rare earth does China have? Do other countries really need to rely on China’s rare earths? How do we treat such strategic resources? Here we select a set of articles for readers to think about and judge.