China is quietly destroying the dollar — and that’ll cost you. Fight back with these money moves.

China noticed. Beijing has spent the past decade writing checks to Africa. Its Belt and Road initiative poured money into African mining, railways to the mines, ports to ship the ore, refineries to process it — and contracts that guarantee Chinese buyers get first dibs on the output.Africa holds about 30% of the world’s critical minerals . Congo has most of the cobalt. South Africa has the platinum. The continent is loaded with copper, chromium, lithium and rare earths. This is not optional stuff. Cobalt go ...