racial discrimination and to win national independence. 15. Southern Rhodesia has entered into a reactionary military alliance with the colonialist authorities of South Africa and Portugal in their joint repression of the national liberation movements of the people in southern Africa, thus menacing the independence and security of the countries in southern Africa. As a result, the national liberation move- ments of the entire southern African people have been linked together even more closely, and the flames of the southern African people’s armed struggle have raged with increasing vigour. At present, an excellent situation prevails in Zimbabwe and the whole of southern Africa. No force on earth can turn back the wheel of history and prevent the people in this region from attaining complete national independence, so long as the people in this region get further mobilized and organized and wage unremitting struggles. “He who plays with fire gets burned.” The colonialist authorities of Southern Rhodesia, South Africa and Portugal as well as all those colonialists and neo- colonialists who are abetting and supporting them in their perverse course from behind the scenes are sitting on a volcano; the more energetically they try to suppress the national liberation struggles in southern Africa, the more will they hasten their own total destruction. Southern Africa will give new evidence to the working of the inexorable law of history. 16. The Chinese delegation will vote in favour of the two draft resolutions before us as preliminary measures to strengthen and expand the sanctions against Southern Rhodesia. 17. Sir Colin CROWE (United Kingdom): Before I begin, Sir, may I just congratulate you upon your elevation to the office of President and say how pleased we are that YOU should be occupying it, express our confidence in your 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a political statement or speech, likely from a communist or socialist perspective, addressing the situation in Southern Africa, specifically the struggle for national independence and the role of colonialist powers. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or any specific industries, but rather focuses on the political and ideological aspects of the conflict.

**Category**
International relations, Politics