After locking out the U.S., China offers rare earth development assistance to Malaysia — country has estimated 16.2 million metric tons of elements worth $175 billion by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2025-09-03 12:58 (#6ZRJC) Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to develop Malaysia's rare-earth processing capability, but will only work with state-owned companies.