People's "Liberation" Army of Communist China throws Zimbabwe an economic lifeline instruments of repression...gets blood diamonds in return.
‘You can write 1,000 stories, and print them 1,000 times, but it won’t make any difference,’ smirked the [unnamed Zimbabwean] official. ‘We have all the diamonds, so we have all the weapons — and we will kill anyone who tries to take anything from us.’
During an hour-long conversation, the intelligence source...also admitted that, without the Chinese pact, the ruling junta would have been driven from power. ‘But now we have all the guns we need,’ he said.
Winning hearts and minds by exporting the North Korean model. Someday this'll all end in tears for the Chinese.
H/t to Instapundit.
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