The Zimbabwe’s Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara said that Africa must learn to dictate its own terms when dealing with China and stop blaming Beijing, apartheid, or colonialism for its economic woes.
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“Why are we not making sure the engagement with China is on our terms, as Africans? Labour, skills, technology, value addition "
“The Chinese must come to Africa on African terms. The terms that will allow the Chinese to make money, but the terms that will also allow Africa to develop, win-win. China wins, Africa wins.”
“Africans must not blame China or any other power for that matter. We must take charge of our lives, we must take responsibility for our problems and solve them." Mutambara said this at a China-Africa conference
Mutambara's remarks comes amid revelations that Chinese are looting African resources. In Zimbabwe for example, Chinese have floated in Zimbabwe's mines like Marange diamond and other notable mines around the country. Researchers have found that Chinese are paying little revenue in the country's treasury. So I think Mutambara is 100% right because if we do not care for our own resources we will end up owning nothing.
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