Feed the Dragon: How China Secures its Battery Minerals from the African Continent

China’s National Strategy � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

Battery Electric Vehicles and China’s Evolving Car Industry � � � � � � � � 36

Beijing’s Battery Empire � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

China’s Critical Minerals Strategy � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

China’s Relations with Africa � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

Morocco: A Mountain of Phosphate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �175

Cobalt King: The Democratic Republic of the Congo � � � � � � � � � � � � �207

The Republic of South Africa & Manganese � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �242

Madagascar: The Scramble for Graphite � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �275