interesting sdl article in the australian

http://tinyurl.com/3bdn6gh

I thought this bit was interesting:

"The Cameroon and Congo governments were said to be eager for completion of talks so that construction could start as soon as possible.

Moreover, Sundance said it had shortlisted the preferred potential partners and had entered into commercial negotiations.

All of this no doubt bemused Hanlong as it would be well aware that the Chinese authorities frown on Chinese entities competing over the same investments.

If a Chinese group already has a foothold in a company or project, there is an unofficial hands-off."

I wonder who the "preferred partners" are?