Commodity hungry China wants Zambia under its clout at any cost but Zambian opposition wants to make it a issue in upcoming election calling China the new imperialist
Anil Rane
Sep. 6, 2006

It may be something that China will regret for a long time. Stretching its growing power on Africa, Li Baodong, China’s ambassador in Lusaka, said Beijing might cut diplomatic relations with Zambia if voters elected Michael Sata, an opposition candidate, as president.

The Zambian opposition now is eager to make China the root cause of all trouble in Zambia. They are painting China as the new imperialist power in the neighborhood.

According to media sources, China has invested billions of dollars in Africa in recent years, rivalling the US as it does so, and Chinese trade with the continent has quadrupled since the start of the decade, mainly through purchases of crude oil. In Zambia alone Chinese companies are believed to have ploughed more than $300m into copper and other industries.

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