{"id":5010,"date":"2021-12-06T01:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T01:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2021-12-06T01:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T01:06:12","slug":"zimbabwe-china-africa-relations-mutual-consensual-futuristic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2021\/12\/06\/zimbabwe-china-africa-relations-mutual-consensual-futuristic\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: ‘China-Africa Relations – Mutual, Consensual, Futuristic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link to article: https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202112030143.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a Chinese company built Africa’s largest steel plant in Zimbabwe, industrialization in the country has started to rapidly increase and reverse sanctions imposed by the West. Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa, former Zimbabwean envoy representative in Bejing praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for greenlighting the steel project as far back as 2014. Ambassador Mutsvangwa has stated that this increased flow of Chinese capital into Africa will produce products for the world market, starting a soon to be seen increase in the African economy. Regarding Zimbabwe, the Ambassador says that they are engaged with the Chinese beyond traditional investments. A direct quote from him reads, “What we now have in Zimbabwe is the arrival of Chinese businessmen on the world stage who are becoming part of the Fortune 500 Companies of the World in the private sector, who have decided that they will go to Africa, invest in Africa for the Africans and make Africans produce products for the world market from Africa.”. He believes that this steel plant will contribute to the industrialization of the country, as they can now join many other nations in creating steel. During a speech given, Mutsvangwa disputed myths that China and Africa lacked interaction, and stated that relations between China and Africa were ‘mutual, consensual, and futuristic’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that the building of the steel plant is a stepping stone into Zimbabwe’s economic future, whether or not it is related to China or the rest of the world. As far as Chris Mutsvangwa is concerned, the Chinese will aid Africa in supplying steel and steel-made objects to different nations and markets. After reading different quotes given by Chris Mutsvangwa in the article, it is apparent that China has a big influence on Africa and its industry. Also, former Chinese Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Counsellor Zhao Baogang attended a conference with Ambassador Mutsvangwa. Baogang stated in relation to the support of Africa by China that ‘China and Africa are always close to each other and help each other’. This statement shows that there is mutual respect for the country\/continent duo on both sides. One thing I wonder is if Africa\/Zimbabwe will use the revenue made from the steel plant to enforce more COVID guidelines and to promote vaccines, as the pandemic was something discussed at the conference mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This relates to class because it involves the relations of two countries: Zimbabwe and China. It also involves the power of China being reflected over Africa. Power is something we learned about in class. The main types of power are rational persuasion, technological, military, cultural, and economic. In this case, China has economic power over Africa since they are the ones controlling and working the steel plants. This could be considered a long-term element of power. Another way this could relate to class is by looking at the steel situation with different levels of analysis. This can be looked at on a regional level since it deals with the majority of Africa as well as China. You could also look at this with a state-level view since you can narrow it down to Zimbabwe vs. China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to article: https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202112030143.html After a Chinese company built Africa’s largest steel plant in Zimbabwe, industrialization in the country has started to rapidly increase and reverse sanctions imposed by the West. Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa, former Zimbabwean envoy representative in Bejing praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for greenlighting the steel project as far back as 2014. Ambassador Mutsvangwa has stated that… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5012,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions\/5012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}