In this exclusive interview with CGTN's Wang Guan, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba addresses claims by some Western scholars and commentators who label China as a "neo-colonialist" power. He dismisses these allegations, attributing them to jealousy. "Some people are jealous of what China has become," he says, emphasizing that Namibia is free to choose its friends and engage with them as it sees fit. The country will not be told whom to talk to or whom to collaborate with, he asserts.