Support PolyMatter & watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/polymatter-could-china-survive-the-sanctions-against-russia Watch episode 3 of my new Nebula Original series on Nebula: "China's Rare Earth Dominance" https://nebula.tv/videos/polymatter-chinas-rare-earth-dominance Sources: https://pastebin.com/sDC33wR9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/polymatters Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/PolyMatter Email: polymatter@standard.tv How I Make These Videos: https://skl.sh/2OW1YQR Music by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net/) Audio editing by Eric Schneider Motion graphics by Vincent de Langen Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster Writing & Direction by Evan This includes a paid sponsorship which had no part in the writing, editing, or production of the rest of the video. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/ Video supplied by Getty Images Maps provided by MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors and GEOlayers 3 Select footage from the AP Archive