Lusaka – The Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao arrived in Zambia on Wednesday for a three-day visit where he will sign loan and grant agreements to aid the African country’s development.
Accompanied by 21 businessmen and Communist Party officials, Li is due to sign eight agreements which Zambian media said include the financing of hospital and mobile medical clinics, road construction, and electricity generation projects.
China is Zambia’s top foreign investor in Zambia, but relations have occasionally been tense and its preponderant role controversial, with a Chinese manager killed during a 2012 riot over wages at a coal mine.
Besides their involvement in copper and coal mining, Chinese companies are building roads, Zambia’s new international airport and stadiums…
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