Fair point. Also if I purely look from China's perspective in...

Fair point. Also if I purely look from China's perspective in context of the increasingly threatening geopolitical war with risks of iron ore supply being suddenly cut off and in light of Biya's age (he already has lived the lives of 3 average Cameroonians), the political risks heighten with every passing day that they don't stitch up the 2nd Pilbara Killer (this one being shovel ready, with much shorter lead time for exploitation than Simandou).

A power vacumm and western supported proxy filing it would be Xi Jinping's worst nightmare.

Just now the French are already pissed off feeling China is eating her lunch.

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