{"id":13038,"date":"2019-08-31T15:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T15:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2019-08-31T15:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T15:26:38","slug":"mnangagwa-criticised-for-praising-japans-ticad-at-chinas-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-criticised-for-praising-japans-ticad-at-chinas-expense","title":{"rendered":"Mnangagwa Criticised For Praising Japan\u2019s TICAD At China\u2019s Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MDC supporter and constitutional law expert, Alex Magaisa, has criticised Mnangagwa for not understanding geopolitical and economic dynamics when he described the just ended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.pindula.co.zw\/2019\/08\/30\/japan-urges-president-mnangagwa-to-speed-up-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development<\/a>\u00a0(TICAD7) as the \u201cfirst common platform to discuss African development\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Magaisa, this would fly in the face of China whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forum_on_China%E2%80%93Africa_Cooperation\">Forum on China\u2013Africa Cooperation<\/a>\u00a0(FOCAC) is a similar effort. FOCAC has been running since 2000. Magaisa says the two countries are in \u2018scramble\u2019 for a piece of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Our all-weather friends won\u2019t be amused by this: \u201cThe TICAD process initiated by Japan is the first common platform to discuss African development\u201d Maybe ED was excited by #TICAD &amp; wanted to flatter the Japanese thinking the meeting was private or he had forgotten China\u2019s #FOCAC<\/p>\n<p>The brief should have advised him of the geopolitical &amp; economic dynamics in the Far East where the two giants, China &amp; Japan are in a scramble for a piece of Africa. China\u2019s FOCAC &amp; Japan\u2019s TICAD are rival processes in this contestation. You have to choose your words carefully.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amp-hidden\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC supporter and constitutional law expert, Alex Magaisa, has criticised Mnangagwa for not understanding geopolitical and economic dynamics when he described the just ended\u00a0Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development\u00a0(TICAD7) as the \u201cfirst common platform to discuss African development\u201d. 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