Harare's power-sharing government needs finance urgently but
cannot agree on how to negotiate the terms with China
As China emerges as the biggest outside financier of the power-sharing
government, differences in Harare over policy towards Beijing
are growing. The first public row broke soon after Prime Minister
Morgan Tsvangirai's tour of Western capitals in June to
raise funds to finance his government's economic reforms. Tsvangirai
returned with pledges of US$500 million for humanitarian assistance
channelled through non-governmental organisations. The government's
short-term recovery plan called for an infusion of $8.5 billion....
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