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China has sent a 10-member delegation of technical experts to new diplomatic allies Malawi to assess projects left behind by the Taiwanese government after the country dumped the Taiwanese on Monday.
Beijing ambassador-designate to Malawi, Fan Gwijin, has led the delegation.
Speaking in Lilongwe, Gwijin said his entourage had traveled to Malawi to assess, evaluate and inherit the projects which have been left by the Taiwanese.
"We shall start the projects immediately after our architectsfinish their work and see how much they will cost," he said.
"These projects are the Karonga to Chitipa road (in northern Malawi) and Parliament Buildings (in the capital Lilongwe) which were big projects funded and constructed by Taiwan,"
Beijing ambassador to Malawi designate said. Gwijin who will visit Karonga with his delegation to see the progress of the Chitipa-Karonga road project said China will also assist the county in humanitarian projects, health and agriculture.
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Please enter the code you see in the image:Image: Code: Posted by Super Knight, 17 January, 2008 09:05:57
Where there is smoke, some fire must be present. What is happening vindicates this simple but important saying. When the media exposed this story, officials kept on playing it down, till it could be concealed no more. I am in fact very concerned with the relationship the government has with the media. The government keeps on withholding very important information which is very vital for the people. How can the whole minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Joyce Banda, say that she knew nothing and that all was just speculation?
Posted by Achikumbe, 17 January, 2008 09:05:03
One thing that I have observed with countries that are getting help from china is that on all the projects that are funded by China, all the labour comes from china. In Angola all contruction labourers (I mean opelekera matope, not engineers) are Chinese. In St Vincent and the Grenadines all the labourers working on a stadium funded by the Chinese were from China. In addition, lots of Chinese have flocked to the island setting up groceries selling sub-standard shoes and garments from China thereby kicking out the locals out of business. We should tread very carefully, cos we will end up with the Chinese labourers working on our Parliament Building and the KA-CP Road. In addition these Chinese have impregnated local girls at alarming scales leaving behind offspring with strabge-looking eyes. I hope, as the Chair of the relevant Parliamentary Committe has said, Govt has assessed the pros and cons and studied what has happened in countries like Zambia, Angola, Sudan where China has a presence.
Posted by Vyaya, 17 January, 2008 09:05:03
Super Knight, I hope you discussed with your friends in US and Europe (if at all you have there) about their relationship with China!!! KAPENA ANZAKO ALI KU Zambia ndi Zimbabwe!!! Don't deceive yourself no country which is serious economically can miss China. Mantha enawa kaya ndichani and can't help Malawi.
Posted by Super Knight, 17 January, 2008 06:13:54
I wouldn't want to go into details as to why Malawi has switched to Mainland China. But I do hope that they have seriously looked into the pros and cons (in the short term as well as in the long term) of the whole deal rather than just getting excited with the promise from the Mainland. I have discussed this at length with colleagues from countries that have diplomatic relation with Mainland. Despite the disappointing projections of what Malawi would become due to her choice, I still do hope that the Malawi Government has seriously considered the implications involved, and hence the mitigative measures.
Beijing ambassador-designate to Malawi, Fan Gwijin, has led the delegation.
Speaking in Lilongwe, Gwijin said his entourage had traveled to Malawi to assess, evaluate and inherit the projects which have been left by the Taiwanese.
"We shall start the projects immediately after our architectsfinish their work and see how much they will cost," he said.
"These projects are the Karonga to Chitipa road (in northern Malawi) and Parliament Buildings (in the capital Lilongwe) which were big projects funded and constructed by Taiwan,"
Beijing ambassador to Malawi designate said. Gwijin who will visit Karonga with his delegation to see the progress of the Chitipa-Karonga road project said China will also assist the county in humanitarian projects, health and agriculture.
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Please enter the code you see in the image:Image: Code: Posted by Super Knight, 17 January, 2008 09:05:57
Where there is smoke, some fire must be present. What is happening vindicates this simple but important saying. When the media exposed this story, officials kept on playing it down, till it could be concealed no more. I am in fact very concerned with the relationship the government has with the media. The government keeps on withholding very important information which is very vital for the people. How can the whole minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Joyce Banda, say that she knew nothing and that all was just speculation?
Posted by Achikumbe, 17 January, 2008 09:05:03
One thing that I have observed with countries that are getting help from china is that on all the projects that are funded by China, all the labour comes from china. In Angola all contruction labourers (I mean opelekera matope, not engineers) are Chinese. In St Vincent and the Grenadines all the labourers working on a stadium funded by the Chinese were from China. In addition, lots of Chinese have flocked to the island setting up groceries selling sub-standard shoes and garments from China thereby kicking out the locals out of business. We should tread very carefully, cos we will end up with the Chinese labourers working on our Parliament Building and the KA-CP Road. In addition these Chinese have impregnated local girls at alarming scales leaving behind offspring with strabge-looking eyes. I hope, as the Chair of the relevant Parliamentary Committe has said, Govt has assessed the pros and cons and studied what has happened in countries like Zambia, Angola, Sudan where China has a presence.
Posted by Vyaya, 17 January, 2008 09:05:03
Super Knight, I hope you discussed with your friends in US and Europe (if at all you have there) about their relationship with China!!! KAPENA ANZAKO ALI KU Zambia ndi Zimbabwe!!! Don't deceive yourself no country which is serious economically can miss China. Mantha enawa kaya ndichani and can't help Malawi.
Posted by Super Knight, 17 January, 2008 06:13:54
I wouldn't want to go into details as to why Malawi has switched to Mainland China. But I do hope that they have seriously looked into the pros and cons (in the short term as well as in the long term) of the whole deal rather than just getting excited with the promise from the Mainland. I have discussed this at length with colleagues from countries that have diplomatic relation with Mainland. Despite the disappointing projections of what Malawi would become due to her choice, I still do hope that the Malawi Government has seriously considered the implications involved, and hence the mitigative measures.
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