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Zimbabwe Accepting Loans From Beijing Has Experts Sounding Alarm

China is pouring money to develop key infrastructure in Zimbabwe, but experts have expressed fear that the Zimbabwe government may not be able to pay back the loans that China has given them—this leads to one very undesired result of China ultimately influencing the infrastructure economy.
Zimbabwe Accepting Loans From Beijing Has Experts Sounding Alarm
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe International Airport set to undergo a major facelift, funded by China. Andrew Mambondiyani/Special to The Epoch Times
Andrew Mambondiyani
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MUTARE, Zimbabwe—China is pouring billions of dollars into developing Zimbabwe’s key infrastructure, but experts have expressed concern that the Zimbabwean government may not be able to repay the loans.

In April, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited the Chinese to invest in all sectors of the economy under a new comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.

Andrew Mambondiyani
Andrew Mambondiyani
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Andrew Mambondiyani is a freelance journalist based in Zimbabwe with more than 10 years of journalism experience. He served as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT between 2010 and 2011, and in 2008 served as a Middleburry College Environment Journalism Fellow. His journalism has appeared in various local and international publications, including BBC, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Yale E360, IPs, Think Africa Press, SciDev.net, Centrepoint Now, Opendemocracy.net, and The Zimbabwean. He has a special interest in climate change, agriculture, human rights, sustainable development, and the environment in general.
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