RE:RE:CNOOC not Chevron. The BS environmental storm willNamibia could be used as an entry point and balance mechanism for the good old USA against the Chinese Belt and plunder initiative. Check out this article on African security and the Chinese. Why would Namibia sign away their resources for a leveraged loan from the Chinese when you can get cold hard cash upfront from a big old fashioned oil Barron? " By early 2021, 140 countries worldwide had signed more than 200 BRI cooperation agreements essentially frameworks for Chinese companies to build infrastructure projects such as ports, railways, power stations and telecommunication networks using low-interest Chinese loans to host countries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/30/chinas-belt-road-initiative-invests-african-infrastructure-african-military-police-forces/
CammerRec wrote: You are on the something. A very good point!
Even though their is some growing backlash in Africa they expanding greatly to "colonize" it just like the old big European countries did previously.