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Looming over it all is the U.S.’s hardening stance toward Europe.

Researchers have found comprehensive home hardening and defensible space can reduce the risk of a home burning by about a third, but not bring it down to zero.

“While China’s industry is highly skilled and highly capable, its dominant position is both enabled and hardened by subsidies, price manipulation, and scale,” said Matthew Sloustcher, MP Materials’

Beijing is acting now to break a cycle that has hardened over a decade.

It’s hardening and dispersing its defense industries against Ukraine’s long-range strikes.