"The impoverished country is rich in essential metals that Beijing desperately needs. So was the military takeover by a former French legionnaire with ties to America a plot by the usual Western suspects?
No, it was your standard African military coup d'etat, but the chinkies are pissed off because they've already given cake tins to the corrupt arsehole in charge, and they don't want to have to dish out more cake tins to the new one.