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Zimbabwe’s lithium upgrade still runs through China

The southern African country’s resource ambitions play out amid a US–China battle for Africa’s critical minerals.
Workers read magazines with pictures of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters