Most of China’s Lithium actually comes from Australia so no, they don’t own the mines…
Recently, Tesla has been investing in Australian lithium mining to secure its own supplies.
I don’t kid myself here, if China can build up mining/resources in South America or Africa,
it will do that and drop Aussie purchases in the blink of an eye. That’s where America needs
to step in and secure those supplies from a trusted ally and avoid a lot of the environmental
red tape involved with setting up new mines in the USA.