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A Danish reader, Jan Jensen, wrote with a question about the status of the Chinese infrastructure package in the DRC. A lot was pledged in the contract originally signed five years ago. This contract was substantially revised in the wake of pressure from the IMF and the West, concerned about the DRC’s sovereign guarantees. I don’t think the mine has yet begun to produce copper, but I haven’t been following this project (and am too swamped with my job and house transitions to look into it now!). Jensen wrote that he had seen a BBC article several years ago about Chinese tarmacking of the 100 km road from the Zambian border to Lumumbashi, but hadn’t seen much since then. Has anyone been following this?

2012-11-04 16:20:15

Source: http://www.chinaafricarealstory.com/2012/08/chinese-roads-in-drc-status.html