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Zambia does not always get what it wants or what it wants at the right time. President Rupiah Banda went on a 10-day official visit to China in late February and came back with a raft of promises of new investments, even in agriculture, just when the political class is focused on floods and food shortages. Oppositionists argue that Banda spends more time in the air than in his country....

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Rupiah Banda, Wen Jiabao, Egypt, Thandiwe, Michael Sata, Cecila Makota, Felix Mutati, Chris Alden, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Situmbeko Musokotwane

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