China Drills Into The “Roof Of The World” To Help Alleviate Foreign Dependence
April 09, 2014 at 07:49 AM EDT
From copper to iron to oil, China is the world’s leading importer of almost every raw mineral. Wary of the risks this dependence brings, Beijing is looking ever inward to exploit the mineral wealth of its interior, including the politically contentious and technically challenging Tibetan Plateau.