[SauronOfMordor]

Don't worry. If the Chinese make it work, the Zimbabweans will shoot them and take back the land.

You mistake ChiComs for some politically-correct Europeans. If Zimbabweans shoot Chinese people on Chinese-owned land, the Chinese will treat it as an act of war

I've been wondering for a couple of years when the Chinese would make their move in southern Africa. It's resource-rich, and weakly held. All the Chinese need to do is give Mugabe some $$$ and offer to keep him in power and luxury until he dies of old age, and he'll turn over the keys to them.

Zimbabwe's black population is just 12 million. The Chinese can put a million men of military age over there without noticing. And they WILL get lots of volunteers if they tell the settlers they are exempt from the "one child" policy.

If the blacks get annoying, the Chinese will treat them how the cowboys treated the Indians. The Chinese realize that the only way to hold onto the wealth of southern Africa is to put their own people there, and exterminate or drive off the native Africans

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Yes, I agree...

[Teacher317]

Sevveral African nations now have over 3% Chinese population... where it was almost non-existent a few decades ago.

[Paul Ross]

All the Chinese need to do is give Mugabe some $$$ and offer to keep him in power and luxury until he dies of old age, and he'll turn over the keys to them.

Makes sense. It worked with comrade Xlinton. And if you'll note....Comrade Hitlery is the odds-on favorite for 2008...

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.