http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7170374.stm

- Economic and commercial expansion without political responsibility. This could be very, very disruptive to Western efforts in Africa and indeed around the world.

The overt attempts to counter the Western positions regarding Zimbabwe by the Chinese government are indeed ominous, Halo, but can they really compete for the attention of the media with reports of Britney being carried out of her home on a stretcher? :eek:

Indeed, not.