Zambia: Learning From China’s Modernisation Drive

ZONDA didn’t show up at my office for our usual discourse last week–not out of protest, nor in boycott. I was away–far away–where dumplings and noodles replaced nshima, and where discipline and development marched side by side.

China, over 5,000 km away, was the destination. I was among delegates invited to the Chongqing Economic and Trade Promotion Forum and the Seminar for Leaders of Media Organisations, held from April 18 to 29, 2025.

The theme of the Economic and Trade event? Stories of the…