The Chinese reaffirm their support for ZANU-PF

[Erna]

_http://www.hararetribune.com/harare-city-zimbabwe/harare-news/1340-the-chinese-re-affirm-their-support-for-zanu-pf.html

Increasing sanctions against the administration of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not the answer to the country's crises, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiachi said Friday.

"We do believe that this issue fundamentally has to be solved by the various elements in Zimbabwe and we believe that the stand taken by the AU, by SADC, are vitally important," said Yang at the end of the last leg of his four-nation African tour, referring to the African Union and the Southern African Development Community.

The Chinese have always supported the ZANU-PF regime, even when it was committing human rights abuses. Out in Mutare post March 29 2008, Chinese Army units joined Zimbabwe National Army patrols, patrols that were aimed at supressing dissent from the people of Zimbabwe.

It was the hand of the Chinese that helped kill a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have brought the hammer down on the ZANU-PF regime last year.

Further, the Chinese have taken over the Zimbabwean economy, and their efforts at defending ZANU-PF are aimed at protecting their econmic interests.

Unlike genuine Zimbabweans, the Chinese are beneficiaries of the Fast-Track land reform exercise, and, the Harare Tribune was told, are proud holders of hundreds of hectares of land across Zimbabwe.


It understandable then that the Chinese would like to see Mugabe stay in power forever.

Yang said it was important that Zimbabwe's rival parties implement a stalled power-sharing deal and added that talks to be revived by South African President Kgalema Motlanthe on Monday were key to the crisis' resolution.

"We support this mediated activity. We don't think that sanctions are the way out. This remains China's policy," he told reporters after a meeting with his South African counterpart outside Cape Town.

China and South Africa have both come under sharp criticism from the West on their stance on Zimbabwe, joining hands at the United Nations Security Council in blocking efforts to have the crisis placed on the agenda.

He praised the Southern African Development Community and South Africa for their efforts in mediating the crisis in Zimbabwe since failed elections last March plunged the country into political turmoil.

An outbreak of cholera has since killed 2,225 people and the once prosperous economy has plunged to record lows with rampant hyperinflation as the rival political leaders fail to agree on a unity government.

The European Union, also in a meeting with South Africa Friday, said it was considering further restrictive measures against Mugabe.

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Photo caption: The Chinese have army units that participated in the slaughter of Zimbabwe post March 29, 2008 till June 27 and beyond.

 

[sankara]

Hi Erna,

Are the Chines about to "take over" Africa? quite probable. "Chinafrica" is becoming quite an issue in west africa as well. 500 000 Chinese have already settled in that area comprising Mali, Burkina-Faso, senegal, Togo, Nenin... The biggest contracts in road building, bridges, from Algeria to these areas are now done by Chinese corporations. It seems that a lot of the Chinese workers are prisonners, the locals are paid the minimum wages. In Bamako, almost all the Hotel have been baught by Chinese who have transform them into brothels (thousand of them). There are partnerships in military as well, I can't say much about that but it is important and seemingly challenging the western influence.
Chinese and Africans may have deep links in history, at least this is debated and you may have a look in some of these speculations in that forum:
http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/2054
http://www.raceandhistory.com/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1065551310,24384,.shtml
http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1329
http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/13

Maybe you could have a look at the "negritos" (ugly word to distinguish between the black Asians and black Africans) issue if you are interested in digging that subject.
Take care

 

[sankara]

It is more probable that there are hundred of chinese brothels in Bamako than thousand, sorry for that mistake...and while I am refering to mistakes, I want to apologize for all the mispelling in my posts...
Respect

 

[Erna]

Hi Sankara,

[quote author=sankara] Are the Chinese about to "take over" Africa?[/quote]

As sad as this realization was for me, the unfortunate truth in the exploitation game is that it takes two to tango. The exploiter requires a ‘willing’ exploitee. No-one can stop Africans from being exploited except Africans themselves. Where are the heroes? The Chinese line the African leaders’ pockets, and lure them with extravagant holiday homes and lavish vacations in the East, and to hell with the rest of the population.

I see you saw this article on SOTT today: Deal to lease African farmland to rich countries collapses after backlash against 'colonialism'

This is the standard African story. African leaders have always been unable to keep their hands out of the cookie jar while the masses wallow in absolute misery. I often ask the Zimbabweans here in South Africa why they don’t start a revolution and try and overthrow the Mugabe regime, and then they just smile and say “we’re a peaceful people”. Anyway, the Zimbabwe saga must play itself out. I’m amazed at their patience. When will they start to revolt?

When our government condemned Israel for the Gaza attacks this week, I thought to myself such blatant double standards. Happily supporting the Mugabe regime yet condemning Israel.

[quote author=sankara]Chinese and Africans may have deep links in history[/quote]

They do indeed. Limpopo Tourism (our province bordering Zimbabwe) was a client of mine in the early 2000s. I learned a great deal then. One thousand years ago, Mapungubwe in Limpopo Province was the centre of the largest kingdom in the subcontinent, where people traded gold and ivory with China, India and Egypt. It was declared a World Heritage Site on 5 July 2003.

I’m busy with Graham Hancock’s Supernatural where he also speaks of ocean crossings long before what our European history teaches us.

Anyway, the African story has always been one of greed and misplaced priorities. We’re building our first speed train at the moment, a project the newspapers label “the biggest engineering project in history” with a running cost of R30 million a day, while the masses live in absolute poverty. We’re building state-of-the-art soccer stadiums for the world cup while the masses can’t feed themselves and don’t have electricity and running water. How many houses, schools and hospitals can you build with R30 million a day? Naturally a few pockets being lined here again.

I tell you, we live in the twilight zone, where all reason and logic is out the back door ages ago.

[quote author=sankara] I want to apologize for all the mispelling in my posts[/quote]

Pour ne pas s'inquiéter. Thanks for the links. :)

 

[sankara]

I have read some stuff about the navigation ability of some Africans, You have the Van Sertima books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_van_Sertima
It's worth having a look, very interesting.

Otherwise, the story of the deux Abu bakari of Mali is now widely accepted and has even been reported in "Le Monde" about 15 years ago.

Sultan Mansa Kankan Musa (1312 – 1337) was the world-renowned Mandinka monarch of the West African Islamic Empire of Mali. While travelling to Makkah on his famous Hajj in 1324, he informed the scholars of the Mamluk Bahri Sultan court (an-Nasir-eddin Muhammad III, 1309 – 1340) in Cairo that his brother, Sultan Abu Bakari I (1285 – 1312) had undertaken two expeditions into the Atlantic ocean. When the sultan did not return to Timbuktu from the second voyage of 1311, Mansa Musa became sultan of the empire.
At that time, these leaders were the richest men in the world and most of the European gold came from Mali.

In the heart of darkness, it is still good to learn, share, network and to keep reasoning