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Found 9 articles.
- Vol 3 No 2
- 01/12/2009
All that glitters is mine
The details of the US$8 billion China Sonangol/China International Fund are becoming more apparent as subsidiary deals are signed. On 7 December, Zimbabwe's Transport and Mining Ministries signed mining and construction deals with China International F...
- Vol 3 No 1
- 01/11/2009
China Sonangol targets Harare’s gold and oil
The China International Fund and China Sonangol are being used to bail out troubled regimes when international pressure on them is at its highest. First, there was the China International Fund’s US$7 billion deal in Guinea on 12 October, just after the 28...
- Vol 2 No 9
- 01/07/2009
China woos the team of rivals
Harare's power-sharing government needs finance urgently but cannot agree on how to negotiate the terms with China
- Vol 2 No 8
- 01/06/2009
Re-enter the dragon
Bilateral trade is growing as Chinese diplomats explain their role in the negotiations for Zimbabwe's power-sharing government
- Vol 2 No 8
- 01/06/2009
China's trains, Zimbabwe's tobacco
Beyond the political controversy about relations with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front regime, Chinese businesses are set to provide an important source of new investment and jobs for Harare's shaky power-sharing government. This mon...
- Vol 2 No 5
- 01/03/2009
Bank East
Mugabe's multi-million dollar property in Hong Kong is just one part of growing financial links between Zimbabwe's ruling clique and Asia
- Vol 2 No 5
- 01/03/2009
Diamonds in the rough
After disappointments in Asia, President Robert Mugabe and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono have been working hard to bring in Russian capital, especially in the opaque diamond sector. Russian surveyors have already visited deposits in Midlands Provi...
- Vol 2 No 2
- 01/12/2008
Go East, old man
The meltdown in Harare means that Beijing is no longer prepared to bail out President Robert Mugabe – diplomatically or politically
- Vol 2 No 2
- 01/12/2008
Never mind the yuan, feel the ideology
President Mugabe's 'Look East' policy fails to make any impact on Zimbabwe's economic decline


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