Niger military accuses France of orchestrating failed mutiny:

[BHAN85]

Well, China can't do what the Europeans did back then by sending Chinese army to occupy the lands to protect Chinese investments and at the same time loot those countries. Short of that, Chinese investments are not safe in the hands of those lawless military govs.

when a poor land is conquered, first thing conquerers need is some sort of soft power, social work, to stabilize society.

in america conquest it was done through catholic religion.

when in 1950s, USA opened military bases in Spain soil (a very poor, underdeveloped country back then), USA sent big amounts of humanitarian help: milk powder, cheese, butter and so on with USA flag. Things that corrupt ruling elites couldn't steal like money.

If someone wants Niger uranium they need to do some social work like that, besides the military hard domination presence.

 

[ety]

when a poor land is conquered, first thing conquerers need is some sort of soft power, social work, to stabilize society.

in america conquest it was done through catholic religion.

when in 1950s, USA opened military bases in Spain soil (a very poor, underdeveloped country back then), USA sent big amounts of humanitarian help: milk powder, cheese, butter and so on with USA flag. Things that corrupt ruling elites couldn't steal like money.

If someone wants Niger uranium they need to do some social work like that, besides the military hard domination presence.

Niger or Africa doesn't hold nearly as important strategic value to China as Spain or Europe to US. China has no interest of setting up some important military bases in Niger to occupy Africa as US wanted to in Spain or Europe. China can buy uranium from Kazakhstan and yes Canada too, and also China has just recently discovered large uranium deposits in western China. China's main interest in Niger is oil and some mining business. But again, China can readily get its oil supplies from the more secure and safe places such as Russia and central Asian countries. Niger is one of those dangerous lawless shitholes China should avoid.

 

[retaxis]

Niger or Africa doesn't hold nearly as important strategic value to China as Spain or Europe to US. China has no interest of setting up some important military bases in Niger to occupy Africa as US wanted to in Spain or Europe. China can buy uranium from Kazakhstan and yes Canada too, and also China has just recently discovered large uranium deposits in western China. China's main interest in Niger is oil and some mining business. But again, China can readily get its oil supplies from the more secure and safe places such as Russia and central Asian countries. Niger is one of those dangerous lawless shitholes China should avoid.

Yeah Australia already provide much mining and uranium to china for decades. There is nothing in the sahel that is to die for

Australia exports about 500 tonnes of uranium to China each year, according to the World Nuclear Association. [1]

Overview of Trade

• • Volume: Roughly 500 tonnes per year.
  • Agreement: Enabled by a bilateral safeguards agreement signed in 2006 and operationalized when shipments began in 2008.
  • Usage: Strictly regulated under nuclear cooperation agreements to be used solely for civil electricity generation. [1, 2]