The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust

From where I'm standing, the city-sized Baogang Steel and Rare Earth complex dominates the horizon, its endless cooling towers and chimneys reaching up into grey, washed-out sky. Between it and me, stretching into the distance, lies an artificial lake filled with a black, barely-liquid, toxic sludge. Dozens of pipes line the shore, churning out a torrent of thick, black, chemical waste from the re

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世界中のハイテク製品に原料を提供する内モンゴル包頭の探訪記。中国がレアアースを大量生産できるのは、資源がたくさんあるからではなく、環境破壊を気にしないから。