Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:41:57 +0000 FOR those unfamiliar with the chequered history of Southern Africa, they may be forgiven to think that the Great People’s Republic of China is interested in Zambia today because of its potential for foreign direct investment and the reward of massive profits to be gained by such investors. What they may not know is that China is reaping the rewards of more than 50 years of true and patient friendship, political comradeship and bilateral economic relations with Zambia dating back to the tumultuous years of the indomitable Chinese revolutionary and father-figure Chairman Mao tse Tung and his bonding with Zambia’s independence hero Kenneth Kaunda. Chairman Mao, as founder of modern China, headed the world’s most populous nation through one of its most bitter and unforgettable history of the Cultural Revolution, formally the ‘’Great Proletarian Revolution’’, which was widely admired and revered by the peoples of Africa and the […]
