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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Teddy Cambosa

Gamers Claim 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' Predicted US-China Trade War Over Rare Earth Metals

A decade-old video game is now going viral for seemingly predicting the future. As tensions escalate between the United States and China over rare earth mineral exports, social media users have pointed to uncanny similarities between real-life events and the storyline of Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

The popular 2012 game, set partly in the year 2025, features a chilling scenario where China cuts off rare earth exports to the West—triggering global chaos. Fast forward to today, and that fictional crisis appears to be unfolding in reality.

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