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."
Ukuthimba nayiphi na impahla, kubandakanya nezimbiwa, "kuya kuqinisekisa ukuthambekela kwabantu baseChina njengomdlali we-neocolonial," utshilo uJili, kunye nomngcipheko wokuphazamisa ubudlelwane bezozakuzo "nabanye babahlobo abambalwa i-China enabo kwihlabathi."