China has dropped a bombshell on top of President Robert Mugabe\u2019s roof by openly telling him to reliquish power, as a precondition for their funding of Zimbabwe\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n
The News Leader has obtained details and exclusively reveals that the demand and push by China, has been behind several processes in the recent months.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s position first emerged at the beginning of the year, when Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa visited Beijing and embarked on an intensive mission of negotiating for an urgent financial rescue package.<\/p>\n
China revealed to Chinamasa that they would be interested in bailing out Zimbabwe, but only if Mugabe stepped down.<\/p>\n
To Chinamasa\u2019s shock, the Chinese revealed that they, like the rest of the world, have found doing business in Zimbabwe to be unviable, and believe that Mugabe has become an albatross on the country.<\/p>\n
Information we have obtained shows that the Chinese very tactifully presented their position to Chinamasa, through showing him the ways they could bail out Zimbabwe and clearly stating they had the money to provide an urgent rescue package.<\/p>\n
Our efforts to draw Chinamasa into granting an interview over the matter failed…<\/p>\n