Posted on 06/13/2006 4:31:21 AM PDT by Flavius
JOHANNESBURG -- Every time newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube visits his native Zimbabwe, he said, there seem to be more Chinese. He sees them shopping at boutiques, driving fancy cars, picking up their children from elite private schools.
And as in much of Africa, Ncube said, China's reach into Zimbabwe's economy is equally pervasive: The roads are filled with Chinese buses, the markets with Chinese goods, and Chinese-made planes are in the skies. Chinese companies are major investors in mining and telecommunications. The government in Beijing, meanwhile, is a crucial backer of Zimbabwe's authoritarian president, Robert Mugabe.
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all i can say is enjoy
When Zimbabwe falls under Chinese Apartheid there wont be any return to black rule.
The Chinese economic entrance has been good for the remaining whites in Africa too.
Africans need to realize that they should stop blaming others (they invited the Chinese in) and look at themselves.
This is sad... how can africans be so blind to this?!
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