Times, Zambia Daily Mail? Who knows? This still stinks

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Times, Zambia Daily Mail? Who knows? This still stinks

Postby Chipata amateur football player » 3rd October 2018, 12:57

Dear Zambia,

BBC
As Chinese influence continues to grow rapidly in Zambia, the state-owned Times of Zambia newspaper has come up with an ingenious way of increasing their revenue - by publishing today's lead story in Mandarin.

The article quotes President Edgar Lungu as saying Zambia "will not look east or west - we will look forward and go with whoever wants to go with us".

Those are comments he made while hosting a Swiss delegation at the presidential palace yesterday.

Reporting the story in both English and Mandarin Chinese is a move aimed at tapping into the Chinese market, says chief government spokeswoman Dora Siliya:...
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