China buys its first African colony for a meagre $40 million

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Zimbabwe is back in the news. Or, it was. For about two days. European and Western media have dutifully reported on the series of painful economic crises the country has suffered since independence with the occasional “so-bad-it’s-funny” article on the birthday celebrations of the country’s long-time President Robert Mugabe. But the full tragedy is that the country is entering its second century of colonial rule, having enjoyed a 35 year stint of totalitarian independence in the middle, and no one seems to care.

I respect the points made in Augustine’s Chipungu’s article for CapX last month, yet can’t help but feel certain comments are missing some ugly truths. For example, it may be true that if “you divide the top 28 top country destinations for Chinese investment… the balance tips in favour of democratic societies such as Botswana and South Africa”. But this is largely irrelevant information if Chinese investment is actively preventing democracy from taking hold in other countries.

China’s presence in Zimbabwe is not new. However, the scale of infiltration may have been missed by Western media, or is being ignored.


mo


China buys its first African colony for a meagre $40 million - CapX
 
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But the full tragedy is that the country is entering its second century of colonial rule, having enjoyed a 35 year stint of totalitarian independence in the middle, and no one seems to care.
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The real tragedy was the END of Zimbabwe's first period of colonial rule.
 
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taxslave said:
It was the start of colonial rule that ruined the whole area.In the beginning the #1 export was slaves.
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Nope. It was the END of British rule in Zimbabwe - and remember that Zimbabwe owes its existence as a state to the British Empire and Cecil Rhodes in particular - that led to Zimbabwe going downhill.

Under British rule, Zimbabwe (or Rhodesia, as it was known at the time) was probably the richest country in Africa. It fed the continent, and earned the nickname the Breadbasket of Africa. It was only when it gained its independence in 1980 and the country eventually fell under the despotic rule of the tyrant Mugabe that it ended up in the dire situation it's in now.

Zimbabwe is a perfect example of a place having been much better off under British rule.
 
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It will be intresting to watch as America fades away, and China gains influence arround the world. How will China fare as the new global overlord? We will see.
 
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Curious Cdn said:
Why would anyone want a dysfunctional hell hole like Zimbabwe?
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What is below the surface unexplored by modern tech?

Blackleaf said:
Nope. It's been downhill for Zimbabwe since the end of British rule.
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Rhodesia was just as much a sh-t hole.

MHz said:
$$$$$ gold. Africa's gold belongs to China, a 'gift' from the West as a payment on the money we owe her. All of Africa, I thought that was common knowledge.
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We bought China and set up shop. Well over a billion slaves that do our sh-t work.
 
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Locutus said:
Zimbabwe is back in the news. Or, it was. For about two days. European and Western media have dutifully reported on the series of painful economic crises the country has suffered since independence with the occasional “so-bad-it’s-funny” article on the birthday celebrations of the country’s long-time President Robert Mugabe. But the full tragedy is that the country is entering its second century of colonial rule, having enjoyed a 35 year stint of totalitarian independence in the middle, and no one seems to care.

I respect the points made in Augustine’s Chipungu’s article for CapX last month, yet can’t help but feel certain comments are missing some ugly truths. For example, it may be true that if “you divide the top 28 top country destinations for Chinese investment… the balance tips in favour of democratic societies such as Botswana and South Africa”. But this is largely irrelevant information if Chinese investment is actively preventing democracy from taking hold in other countries.

China’s presence in Zimbabwe is not new. However, the scale of infiltration may have been missed by Western media, or is being ignored.


mo


China buys its first African colony for a meagre $40 million - CapX
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When uncle sam does it, it's called democracy, WTF infiltration, hahahahahahahaha gold opens doors and they don't have to have any yankees in country


Wasn't China buying the Chigago stock exchange last week?

petros said:
Angola. Chinese have been running and emigrating people to that place for quite sometime.
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These little places have learned who to surrender to.


The Chinese invented fair trade and toured the world. Very good people the Chinese.
 
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