To confiscate any assets, including minerals, would "confirm peoples initial biases of China as a neocolonial actor," Jili said, and risk upsetting diplomatic ties with "some of the few friends that China has on the global stage." 
Kuti tilande katundu aliyense kuphatikizira miyala ya mtengo wapatali zitha kutsimikiza kukondera koyambilira kwa anthu konena kuti China ndi dziko lofuna kulanda ena ulamuliro," Jili anatero, ndipo chiopsezo chosokoneza maubale ndi mayiko a kunja ndi abale ochepa omwe dziko la China lili nawo pa dziko lonse."