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| Meanwhile, China Quietly Takes Over Zimbabwe |
| 2014-12-15 |
| [Zero Hedge] While the developed world is focusing on the rapidly deteriorating developments in the Crimean, China, which has kept a very low profile on the Ukraine situation aside from the token diplomatic statement, is taking advantage of this latest distraction to do what it does best: quietly take over the global periphery while nobody is looking. Over two years ago we reported that none other than Zimbabwe - best known in recent history for banknotes with many zeros in them - was bashing the US currency, and had aligned itself with the Chinese Yuan. This culminated last month with the announcement by Zimbabwe’s central bank that it would accept the Chinese yuan and three other Asian currencies as legal tender as economic relations have improved in recent years. "Trade and investment ties between Zimbabwe, China, India, Japan and Australia have grown appreciably," said Charity Dhliwayo, acting governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. But I thought this was the western plan ? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #20 State- andor OWG "Union" control of strategic commodities-resources as required for future OWG-NWO = Space Govt-Order + Space Exploration-Colonization. Not the only reason but certainly one of the biggies. The "Great Game" doesn't stop wid OWG-NWO = Space Govt-Order - by extension, neither does the need for OWG or Space-focused "Pecking Order". ["STAR WARS"' MILLENIUM FALCON + "KESSEL RUN" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-12-15 20:57 |
| #19 #12 Looks like Farmin B. Hard is going to the laogai! Can't have a revolution without music, CCR's "Stuck in Laogai Again" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-15 17:30 |
| #18 China is house-flipping a nation. Good luck with that. Not exactly a nation. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-15 16:38 |
| #17 Will they change the name back to Rhodesia? |
| Posted by: Vernal Henbane7919 2014-12-15 16:22 |
| #16 Consider the source. Zero Hedge isnt exactly credible on mast things. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-15 16:16 |
| #15 It worked for the Brits in West Asia, eh RJ? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-12-15 15:21 |
| #14 China is house-flipping a nation. Good luck with that. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-12-15 14:39 |
| #13 The Canadians are busy in Namibia. So, all the news from the region is not bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-15 12:29 |
#12 Looks like Farmin B. Hard is going to the laogai!
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| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-12-15 11:56 |
| #11 Hey in the end - China is better then Mugabe. Not really. They supported him for 40 years as he tore Zimbobwe down, now they're going to bring in their own people and rebuild. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-12-15 11:56 |
| #10 Only took the Chinese about forty-odd years. But then again they plan for the long game |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-15 10:56 |
| #9 Ed, I think that's snark, but maybe it's just prescience. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2014-12-15 09:41 |
| #8 Good luck to both parties. After the Chinese fix Zim, they can backtrack to Mozambique, go long to Zambia or Angola, or go big: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Set up a "good" trade loop, and we could mix emergent flu and poultry viruses with Ebola and Lassa. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-15 08:13 |
| #7 It'll work until the "war veterans" realize they've lost their land again. Then, so solly... |
| Posted by: Spot 2014-12-15 08:11 |
| #6 Cool. Get the commies to adopt the basket case countries of the world. Suck some of that GDP right down the proverbial black hole. You think you have corruption back home, welcome to Africa. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-15 07:58 |
| #5 A plus is that Zimbabwe has a large Christian population and a small Muslim population. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-15 07:28 |
| #4 Encourage mixed race marriages for their boys so they have blood line foothold. Also beneficial for college entrance, research grants, business development and employment preferences. Virtually no downside I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-15 07:20 |
| #3 Chinese locate to these countries in droves. No child limits. Big families. Purchase lands and basically take over. The silent revolution. Encourage mixed race marriages for their boys so they have blood line foothold. |
| Posted by: Dale 2014-12-15 07:14 |
| #2 Hey in the end - China is better then Mugabe. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-12-15 06:46 |
| #1 Platinum, coal, iron ore, gold, diamonds, copper, chromite, nickel, and cheap labor. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-15 06:39 |