As US pursues mine deals, Xi warns African resources are not tools for โrivalryโ
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that Africaโs resources should not be used as a tool for geopolitical rivalry, as the United States steps up efforts to secure critical minerals on a continent where Chinese companies have major mining interests. โAfricaโs resources belong to Africa,โ Xi told Botswanaโs President Duma Boko in Beijing on Tuesday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. He said it was a โhistorical injusticeโ that an unfair international division of labour had left the...