Zimbabwe Coup

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Typhoon
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Zimbabwe Coup

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Nat Post | Zimbabwe ‘coup’ linked to China. Beijing trip by army general preceded takeover of Mugabe government
Although the Chinese foreign ministry insisted Gen. Chiwenga’s visit was “routine,” analysts have suggested that Beijing may have given the army chief its tacit blessing. China, which has displaced the West to become Africa’s largest trading partner and is a major investor in Zimbabwe, notably declined to call for Mugabe’s restoration, despite his long ties to Beijing dating back to the Cold War.
The "he may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he's our son-of-a-bitch" school of geopolitics?
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Re: Zimbabwe Coup

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will be interesting to see what bubbles out of this.

I have maintained for ages that anyone that expects the chinese to be any different to the americans or british when it comes to these situations is dreaming.
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