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ZIMBABWE bought six K-8 jet trainer aircraft from China for use by the Air Force of Zimbabwe because it could not secure spare parts for the British Hawk trainer jets that have been used for training since independence, Defence Minister Cde Sydney Sekeramayi has said.
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Cde Sekeremayi said following the refusal by the British to supply the spare parts for the hawk trainer aircraft, Government had to devise other means to resolve the situation.
"It will be foolhardy for any government to sit down saying we can't do anything and we decided to buy the aircraft from China," he said....
Of course, one might question exactly why a third world country needs expensive jets...To stop an invasion? HMMM....maybe....
He said the ministry was also in the process of constructing houses for members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to ensure that all members had suitable accommodation. He was responding to another question by Mutare North MP Mr Giles Mutsekwa (MDC) who wanted to know why the ZDF was involved in the massive reconstruction exercise following Operation Restore Order while some of its members had no decent accommodation.
Nor is this the only purchase from China...
Cde Sekeramayi said the ministry had purchased buses from China for the defence forces to have reliable transport to and from work.
No buses for people...only so the Defense forces can get to and from their work...of destroying houses....
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CHINA, of course, is a good friend of Mugabe...
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A SEVEN-MEMBER Chinese delegation, led by that country's Deputy Minister of Justice Mr Duan Zhengkun, paid a courtesy call on President Mugabe at Zimbabwe House yesterday.
Cde Mugabe said Sino-Zimbabwe relations remain good since the days of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.
Ah yes, liberation...
"China gave us much support and we continued to build our relations that are now very firm," said Cde Mugabe.
Mr Zhengkun said the Chinese government cherished the cordial relations that existed between China and Zimbabwe and would continue to work on strengthening them.
"Our two countries have extensive cooperation in areas of trade, agriculture, mining and many others and those must be supported through the legal area, that is why we are here today," said Mr Zhengkun, who was speaking through an interpreter....
The Minister said the MOU would centre on a variety of issues that include, law reform, legal aid, prisons, how the general court administration and legal profession is organised and administered.
Mr Zhengkun said they were determined to learn about Zimbabwe's judicial system and see how the two countries could exchange ideas.
Exactly what can China learn from Zim's judicial system?
Yesterday the delegation also toured a resettled farm in Mashonaland East province to witness the success story of Zimbabwe's land reform programme.
Yup...they have lots in common...remember the good old days of hungy ghosts during the Great leap forward? Well, tell Mugabe about YOUR land reform programs history...
Trade between Zimbabwe and China amounted to US$100 million in the first quarter of 2005 with tourism and tobacco contributing a huge proportion of the country's exports to China....
During the same period, the Chinese exports to Zimbabwe amounted to US$45 million.
China mainly exports rubber products, chemicals, clothing and textiles as well as electrical goods to Zimbabwe.
Ah so,....it's about making money....just like there were whispers that the black market of used goods were undermining cheap chinese imports and was one of the reasons behind the Hatfield destruction, one can also wonder about this.....Sometimes the US press laments how cheap chinese imports are undermining our textile industries etc...but what few people know is that their cheap exports are undermining the textile and other fledgling industries in countries like the Philippines... So from a globalist standpoint, this means that Zim will allow cheap chinese imports to flourish with a monopoly, which essentially will prevent new industries from starting to improve Zim's economy...
And one suspects that tobacco exports to China are not what they are after...Platinum anyone? No not for jewelry but for catalytic converters....
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