Global Times op-ed: Don't let resource protectionism mortgage the future
谢军：不要让资源保护主义透支未来
A Global Times opinion piece by Xie Jun, a researcher at the Zhejiang Trade Remedy Research Institute, argues that resource nationalism policies in Indonesia and other developing nations are backfiring. It cites a riot by thousands of tin miners at a state-owned PT Timah facility in Indonesia on August 7, triggered by unpaid wages, as a direct consequence of policy disruptions. The piece catalogs similar negative outcomes from resource protectionism in DR Congo, Guinea, Chile, and Mexico, framing these policies as a 'lose-lose' scenario that damages long-term industrial capacity and global supply chains.
The view from inside
The article frames the issue through the lens of '资源保护主义' (resource protectionism), a term it uses critically to describe export controls, nationalization, and state intervention in mining.
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