How Did China Become The World's Dominant Polysilicon Producer?
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Youve probably been hearing about polysilicon recently. Thats because in June, the U.S. government banned it from Chinas western region of Xinjiang over human rights concerns. Its the main material in solar panels, and nearly all of it comes from China. How did China become the worlds dominant polysilicon producer? NPRs Emily Feng has been looking into this and brings us this story. EMILY FENG, BYLINE: It was 2005,...
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