No. Do not trust or believe any "source" who tells you such a thing. This is only yet another example of the continuous ongoing anti-China propaganda.
They can't very well trick the USA into waging a sure-to-be-disastrous total war against Russia and China at the same time, unless they first convince you that you are and have been under attack by those countries for decades. That's what they're doing here.
They will end up blaming Russia and China for everything. JFK assassination? 9/11? etc etc....ALL will be blamed on Russia and China before it's over with.
Once you understand this, you can see this China rhetoric for exactly what it is: yet another example of the political drama surrounding what is clearly an insider play. We've got to develop this resource, you see, because it's the Patriotic thing to do, and China will be really mad and upset if we thwart their evil plan to stop this mine.