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.