Posted on 10/24/2015 3:22:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
China has awarded its home-grown equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize to Robert Mugabe, the man accused of driving Zimbabwe into poverty during his rule of more than three decades.
The Confucius Peace Prize, set up in 2010 after the Nobel original was awarded to a Chinese dissident infuriating the ruling Communist Party, was a reward for Mr Mugabe’s “inspired national leadership and service to pan-Africanism”.
"He has overcome difficulties of all kinds and has strongly committed himself to constructing his nation's political and economic order, while strongly supporting pan-Africanism and African independence," the citation read.
Zimbabwe has become closely tied to Chinese aid and investment during the latter stages of Mr Mugabe’s rule, as his relations with the West foundered....
Previous winners include Fidel Castro, the retired Cuban leader, and Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. The Zimbabwean opposition People's Democratic Party said it was "utterly disgusted" by the award.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
"What we promise right now to President Mugabe is that in the beginning of next year, we'll finish all the exploration in the Great Dyke and we'll present to his Excellency full geological information about our licence and then, together with our Zimbabwean partners, we'll see what's the best way of developing."......Source
Chinese Peace Prize? Is it chincy and falls apart with a minimum of handling?
Ya see Hitler, Mao and Stalin are dead so their eligability is questionable.
Who were the runner ups? Hitler, Stalin and Mao?
Jan 2015: The “New Normal” in Cuba, U.S. and China Relations
SNIP
China and Cuba
In efforts to prop up its threadbare economy, Cuba has increasingly courted Chinese trade and investments. After Venezuela, China is Cuba’s second largest trading partner. China is a major supplier of durable and transportation goods to Cuba. In 2006, for example, Cuba purchased 100 Chinese locomotives worth $130 million. Some 1000 Chinese-made buses and 30,000 refrigerators were imported during the same period. Chinese-made goods are a staple of Cuba’s consumer markets that rely almost exclusively on foreign imports. Eighty percent of food rationed to the public is imported, with Cuba obtaining a large share of its annual 500,000 tons of milled rice from China. China continues to purchase about 400,000 tons of sugar annually, roughly one third of total current production.
China has invested in the tourist industry, run by the Cuban military and generating upwards of $2 billion from over 3 million tourists annually, building hotels and recreational facilities. An influx of U.S. tourists paying with dollars would benefit investors’ returns.
Meanwhile, the China Development Bank financed a $500 million nickel processing facility in Las Camariocas. Nickel, an alloy metal used to plate iron and brass as well as to make stainless steel and batteries, has replaced sugar as Cuba’s main commodity export earner. China’s investment fits its overall strategy of securing raw materials from the Americas. If U.S. buyers were eventually allowed to purchase Cuban nickel, investments in Cuba’s Moa nickel mines may pay off in dollar amounts.
Another area of Cuba-Chinese economic cooperation is oil. Chinese oil companies have invested in seismic testing, but no drilling as yet, off the island’s northern coast. The investments have included drilling rigs provided by Petro China’s Great Wall Drilling Co.
Restored U.S.-Cuba economic relations might cost China its relatively small export of consumer goods and some staples, such as rice. On the other hand, the lion’s share of Chinese investments in petroleum, tourism, nickel, and infrastructure could prove beneficial once American firms and consumers are allowed to enter the Cuban economy.".............
Lead with flaky gold leaf.
Is this any crazier than Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
The main difference the way I see it is that Mugabe got his award after he destroyed a nation and Obama got his award just as he was starting to destroy a nation.
Mr Mugabe,about to be transported to the ceremony hall...
Zimbabwe and its resources - for sale to the highest bidders..................................... My first thought exactly! What is in the ground? What crops can be grown? China sees resources, resources means $$$$ to them, be it crops or minerals. They are all over Africa with their $$$$$ investing in African resources. Strategic control is the goal.
Not like our nobel peace prize given to a man because of the color of his skin and nothing more
If destroying your country is the criteria, Obummer is a shoo in.
Everyone knows that Mugabe was bought and paid for, and has done a fine job for his masters.
Just what did 0bama do for his gong; write a book about himself (with help)?
What did the Nobel committee receive from Zero? Lately they have been carping about in the news.
The Chinese are sharp businessmen, they have received an excellent return from their investment.
zer0 has already got the REAL peace prize (from typical Eurotrash socialists). Anything the Chicoms give him would be gravy.
The Chinese Communist Party Leadership seems to always react like petulant little children in the face of every perceived "insult".
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if it weren’t so sad it would be funny.
Trump or Cruz will be next pres, and we’ll be on thew way to better times.
but those Evangelicals love Carson. women too.
like a FReeper said, he seems like a nice guy. But we’re not hiring him as a schoolteacher or babysitter,
and he and Sharpton have the same goals.
that’s just great.
you know, there are times i wish Giuliani switched parties and ran as a dem in 2008 and won.
would have told UN to go to heck.
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